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ALABAMA  CONFERENCE  HISTORICAL  SOCIETY 

METHODIST  EPISCOPAL  CHURCH,  SOUTH 
HEADQUARTERS:  MONTGOMERY 


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HANDBOOK 


OF  THE 


Alabama  Conference 
Historical  Society 

M.  E.  CHURCH,  SOUTH. 

1910 


COMPILED    BY 

THOMAS  M.  OWEN,  LL.  D. 
Secretary  and  Curator 


MONTGOMERY,    ALABAMA 
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ALABAMA  CONFERENCE  HISTORICAL  SOCIETY 

METHODIST  EPISCOPAL  CHURCH,  SOUTH 
HEADQUARTERS:    MONTGOMERY 


HANDBOOK 

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Alabama  Conference 
Historical  Society 

M.  E.  CHURCH,  SOUTH 


1910 


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INTRODUCTORY  NOTE. 


This  handbook  has  been  compiled  for  a  twofold  pur- 
pose, namely,  to  set  forth  what  has  been  done  by  the  Ala- 
bama Conference  Historical  Society,  and  to  stimulate  its 
members  and  friends  to  further  effort.  It  is  felt  that  the 
record  of  four  years'  activity,  as  set  forth  herein,  has 
fully  justified  the  foundation  of  the  Society.  This  being- 
true,  the  co-operation  of  all  members  of  the  Methodist 
Episcopal  Church,  South,  in  Alabama  should  be  given 
the  Society  in  the  development  of  its  future  plans. 

These  plans  involve  popularization,  the  collection  of 
manuscript  and  printed  materials,  the  collection  of  relics, 
publications,  and  marking  historic  sites.  Let  every  one, 
whether  preacher  or  layman,  respond  fully  and  loyally 
to  all  reasonable  calls,  and  the  history,  and  the  materials 
for  the  history  of  the  Methodists,  of  Methodism  and  the 
Methodist  Church  in  Alabama  are  safe. 

Thomas  M.  Owen, 
Secretary  and  Curator. 
Montgomery,  Ala. 

December  31,  1909. 


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CONTENTS 


Introductory  Note 3 

Contents 4 

Officers  and  Organization,  1909-10 5 

Constitution   __   7 


I.     Sketch  of  the  Alabama  Conference  Historical 

Society 9 

Organization 9 

Objects 10 

Scope  of  Collections' 10 

Meetings 11 

Centenary  of  Alabama  Methodism  12 

Monuments  and  marking  historic  sites 13 

Publications  and  Bibliography 15 

Officers,  1906-1909 17 

Roll  of  Members  19 


II.     Check  list  of  Accessions  to  the  Collections  of  the 

Society   __   24 

Index 48 


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OFFICERS  AND  ORGANIZATION 

1909-10. 


OFFICERS. 


President 

Rev.  Charles  H.  Motley,  Centreville. 

Active  Vice-President 

D.  C.  Ttjrnipseed,  Union  Springs. 

Secretary  and  Curator 
Thomas  M.  Owen,  LL.  D.,  Montgomery. 
Treasurer 
A.  C.  Davis,  Montgomery. 
Honorary  Vice-Presidents 
Rev.  Wm.  M.  Cox,  Mobile. 
Rev.  E.  C.  Moore,  Greensboro. 
Rev.  O.  S.  Welch,  Selma. 
Rev.  J.  B.  Cumming,  Prattville. 
Rev.  J.  M.  Dannelly,  D.D.,  Montgomery. 
Rev.  J.  B.  K.  Spain,  Troy. 
Rev.  H.  C.  Threadgill,   Eufaula. 
Rev.  Henry  T.  Johnson,  D.D.,  Dothan. 
Rev.  C.  A.  Cornell,  DeFuniak  Springs,  Fla. 
Rev.  O.  C.  McGehee,  D.  D.,  Evergreen. 

Committees. 

Monuments. 
Dr.  C.   C.  Thach,   Chairman,  Auburn;  Rev.   J.   W.    Shores, 
Montgomery;   Rev.   Raleigh  Green,  Montgomery;   Rev.   W.   M. 
Cox,  Mobile;   E.  P.  Flowers,  Montgomery;   Judge  A.   E.  Bar- 
nett,  Eufaula ;  Rev.  O.  J.  Goodman,  Ramer. 

Collections  and  Relics. 
J.  A.  Wilkinson,  Chairman,  Montgomery;  Rev.  Frank  Hast- 
ings, Troy;  Rev.  W.  H.  Wild,  Ft.  Deposit;  Rev.  R.  R.  Ellison, 
Dothan;  Rev.  O.   S.  Welch,  Selma;  Rev.  J.  Bruce  Airey,  Ft. 
Deposit;  and  Mrs.  J.  F.  Dumas,  Mobile. 

Marking  Historic  Sites. 
Rev.  E.  L.  Crawford,  Chairman,  Andalusia;  D.  C.  Turnip- 
seed,  Union  Springs ;  J.  T.  Ellison,  Centerville ;  Rev.  S.  M.  Hoa- 
mer,  Greensboro;  Rev.  E.  A.  Dannelly,  Selma;  Prof.  D.  P. 
Christenberry,  Greensboro ;  and  Rev.  O.  V.  Calhoun,  Marianna, 
Fla. 

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Manuscripts. 
Rev.   Henry  Trawick,   Chairman,  Montgomery ;   Rev.  Dr.  A. 
J.  Lamar,   Nashville;  Rev.  L.  B.  Green,   Newton;   Rev.   J.   B. 
Nelson,  Cypress,  Fla. ;  Rev.  W.  M.  Curtis,  Montgomery ;  Rev. 
H.  M.  Andrews,  Lowndesboro ;  Mrs.  M.  M.  McCall,  Opelika. 

Memoirs  of  Deceased  Members. 
Rev.   J.   M.   Dannelly,    Chairman,   Montgomery;    Rev.   H.   T. 
Strout,   Abbeville;   Rev.    J.    M.    Glenn,    Brantley;   Rev.   W.    S. 
Street,  Abbeville;  Rev.  Dr.  J.  B.  K.  Spain,  Troy;  Rev.  C.  A. 
Cornell,  Marianna,  Fla. ;  Rev.  George  Fontaine,  Opelika. 

An  earnest  invitation  is  extended  all  persons,  particularly 
Methodists,  who  may  be  interested  in  its  objects  and  purposes, 
to  unite  with  the  Society. 

All  preachers  of  the  Alabama  Conference  are  eligible  to  en- 
rollment, on  application  to  the  Secretary,  and  they  are  exempt 
from  all  dues.  Every  preacher  in  the  Conference  ought  to  be 
on  the  rolls. 

There  is  no  admission  fee.  Annual  dues  for  all  members, 
other  than  preachers  of  the  Conference,  $1.00  for  the  calendar 
year. 

For  further  information,  address  any  of  the  officers. 

Make  all  remittances  payable  to  the  Treasurer. 

Forward  all  historical  contributions  or  materials  to  the 
Secretary  and  Curator.     Send  by  express  collect. 

Jan.  1,  1910. 


CONSTITUTION. 


Adopted:  December  8,  1905. 
ARTICLE  I.— Name. 

1.  The  name  of  this  Society  shall  be  the  "Alabama  Con- 
ference Historical  Society." 

ARTICLE  II.— Objects. 

2.  The  objects  and  purposes  of  the  organization  are  the 
collection  and  preservation  of  the  materials  for  the  history 
of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  South,  in  the  bounds  of 
the  Alabama  Conference. 

ARTICLE  III.— Members. 

3.  Membership  in  the  Society  shall  comprise  the  following: 
(1)  Active  members,  in  whom  is  vested  the  control  of  the  af- 
fairs of  the  Society;  (2)  Honorary  members,  to  embrace  per- 
sons distinguished  in  historical,  literary  and  scientific  at- 
tainments. 

4.  All  ministers  of  the  Alabama  Conference  are  eligible 
to  enrollment  as  members  of  the  Society,  on  application  being 
made  to  the  secretary,  and  they  shall  be  exempt  from  dues. 

5.  All  other  members  shall  be  elected  at  the  annual  meet- 
ing, or  by  the  executive  committee. 

ARTICLE  IV.— Officers. 

6.  (1)  The  officers  shall  be  a  president,  an  active  vice- 
president,  as  many  honorary  vice-presidents  as  there  are  pre- 
siding elders  of  the  Alabama  Conference  on  the  Society's  rolls, 
a  secretary  and  curator,  a  treasurer,  and  an  executive  com- 
mittee to  consist  of  the  president,  the  active  vice-president, 
the  secretary-treasurer,  and  the  curator.  (2)  They  shall  be 
elected  at  the  annual  meeting,  and  shall  serve  for  one  year. 
(3)  Their  duties  and  powers  shall  be  such  as  usually  per- 
tain to  their  positions,  except  as  hereinafter  provided.  (4) 
Vacancies  shall  be  filled  by  the  executive  committee.  (5) 
All  presiding  elders  on  the  roll  of  the  Society  shall  be  ex  offi- 
cio honorary  vice-presidents. 

7.  The  executive  committee  shall  have  the  following  pow- 
ers and  duties:  to  elect  members,  to  regulate  the  time  and 
place  of  monthly  or  other  special  meetings,  to  arrange  and 
provide  programs  for  all  meetings,  to  regulate  the  expendi- 

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tures  of  the  funds  of  officials  or  employees,  to  direct  and  pro- 
vide for  the  publications  of  the  Society,  and  shall  have  all  other 
necessary  general  control  and  supervision  of  its  work. 

8.  (1)  There  shall  be  the  following  standing  committees 
of  seven  members,  each  to  be  appointed  annually  by  the  pres- 
ident, viz:  on  monuments,  collections  and  relics,  marking 
historic  sites,  manuscripts,  and  memoirs  of  deceased1  members. 
(2)  All  committees  shall  report  in  writing  to  the  annual 
meeting  on  the  work  projected  and  accomplished  by  them 
during  the  preceding  year.  (3)  The  executive  committee  shall 
make  a  brief  annual  report  of  its  work  and  operations  for 
the  preceding  year,  to  the  next  following  annual  session  of 
the  Alabama  Conference. 

ARTICLE  V.— Meetings. 

9.  (1)  An  annual  meeting  of  the  Society  shall  be  held 
each  year  on  the  evening  of  the  day  preceding  the  Annual 
Conference,  in  the  city  or  town  where  the  Conference  holds 
its  sessions.  (2)  At  this  meeting,  in  addition  to  any  other 
business  or  exercise  which  may  be  provided,  the  annual  elec- 
tion of  officers  shall  take  place  and  annual  reports  by  the  sec- 
retary and  curator,  the  treasurer,  the  executive  committee 
and  other  standing  committees  shall  be  made. 

10.  At  the  meeting  of  the  Society,  not  less  than  ten  mem- 
bers shall  constitute  a  quorum  for  the  transaction  of  business. 

ARTICLE  VI.— Dues. 

11.  Active  members,  other  than  the  ministers  excepted  as 
above,  shall  pay  an  annual  fee  of  one  dollar,  prior  to  March 
1st  in  each  year. 

12.  The  payment  of  ten  dollars  at  any  one  time  shall  en- 
title a  member  to  active  life  membership,  exempt  from  fur- 
ther dues  or  charges. 

ARTICLE    VII. — Amendments. 

13.  This  constitution  may  be  amended  at  any  annual  meet- 
ing of  the  Society  by  a  vote  of  three-fifths  of  the  members  par- 
ticipating in  the  meeting. 

Note. 

The  Constitution  has  retained  its  original  form  since  or- 
ganization, except  in  one  particular.  At  the  annual  meeting, 
Dec.  7,  1909,  at  Opelika,  the  offices  of  secretary  and  treasurer 
were  disassociated,  and  the  offices  of  secretary  and  curator 
were  combined. 


SKETCH  OF  THE  ALABAMA 
CONFERENCE  HISTORICAL 
SOCIETY. 


ORGANIZATION. 

The  Alabama  Conference  Historical  Society  was  form- 
ally organized  on  Friday,  Dec.  8,  1905,  during  the  ses- 
sion of  the  Alabama  Conference  in  Dothan.  The  neces- 
sity for  such  an  agency  had  long  been  recognized,  but 
nothing  had  been  done,  owing  to  the  absorption  of  the 
energies  of  both  preachers  and  laymen  in  more  press- 
ing activities.  In  1905,  after  several  conferences  with 
interested  friends  of  the  movement,  Rev.  Dr.  John  A. 
Rice,  then  pastor  of  Court  Street  Church,  Montgomery, 
and  Dr.  Thomas  M.  Owen,  the  Director  of  the  Alabama 
State  Department  of  Archives  and  History,  also  a  mem- 
ber of  Court  Street  Church,  agreed  to  press  the  subject 
for  definite  action  at  the  meeting  of  the  Annual  Confer- 
ence for  that  year.  Accordingly,  on  December  7,  a  res- 
olution, signed  by  Dr.  Rice,  Rev.  George  Fontaine,  and 
others,  was  offered  and  unanimously  adopted,  authoriz- 
ing action.  On  the  following  day  organization  was  per- 
fected, and  officers  were  elected,  viz:  President,  Dr. 
John  A.  Rice,  Montgomery;  Active  Vice-President,  Rev. 
Charles  H.  Motley,  Monroeville;  Secretary-Treasurer, 
Hervey  W.  Laird,  Montgomery;  and  Curator  of  Collec- 
tions, Dr.  Thomas  M.  Owen,  Montgomery.  A  constitu- 
tion was  adopted,  a  copy  of  which  appears  herein.  Sev- 
enty-one members  were  enrolled.  It  was  decided  that 
an  annual  meeting  should  be  regularly  held  on  the  even- 
ing preceding  the  opening  of  the  Annual  Conference. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Executive  Committee  (which  con- 
sists of  the  president,  the  active  vice-president,  the  secre- 
tary-treasurer, and  the  curator),  on  Dec.  15,  1905,  the 
several  Bishops  of  the  Church  were  elected  honorary 
members. 

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OBJECTS. 

The  objects  and  purposes  of  the  Society  are  "the  col- 
lection and  preservation  of  the  materials  for  the  history 
of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  South,  in  the  bounds 
of  the  Alabama  Conference."  While  its  activities  ap- 
pear thus  limited,  in  the  development  of  the  work  the  his- 
tory of  all  Alabama  Methodism  has  been  held  to  ,be  le- 
gitimately in  the  care  of  the  Society. 

In  the  accomplishment  of  these  objects  the  Society 
holds  an  annual  meeting;  through  its  executive  commit- 
tee both  preachers  and  laymen  are  encouraged  to  co-op- 
erate in  the  collection  and  preservation  of  source  materi- 
als for  the  history  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church 
and  Methodism  in  Alabama;  and  a  central  place  of  de- 
posit for  all  the  materials  accumulated,  is  maintained  by 
the  Secretary  and  Curator,  for  use  and  examination  by 
all  interested  persons. 

SCOPE  OF  COLLECTIONS. 

The  Society  desires  to  bring  together  in  its  collections 
everything  whatever,  either  printed  or  in  manuscript, 
which  will  in  any  way  illustrate  the  history  of  Methodism 
in  the  State,  and  particularly  within  the  bounds  of  the 
Alabama  Conference.  Preachers,  laymen  or  others,  who 
may  possess  anything  noted  in  the  list  below,  will  confer 
a  lasting  obligation  by  presenting  them  to  the  Society. 
In  order  to  indicate  more  definitely  and  in  detail  the  par- 
ticular items  desired,  the  following  extended  list  is  given : 

(1)  Minutes  of  each  session  of  the  General  Confer- 
ence, as  well  as  any  and  all  papers  and  other  documents 
of  a  separate  character  issued  by  or  distributed  in  con- 
nection with  the  General  Conferences ;  also 

(2)  Minutes  of  the  Alabama,  Mobile,  Montgomery, 
and  North  Alabama  Conferences; 

(3)  Minutes  of  all  other  Annual  Conferences; 

(4)  Printed  minutes  of  all  District  Conferences ; 

(5)  Printed  minutes  of  special  organizations,  church 
societies,  commissions  and  boards ; 

(6)  Early  and  rare  editions  of  the  Bible,  the  New 
Testament,  or  books  of  the  Bible  issued  separately; 


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(7)  Printed  sermons  of  all  preachers  of  the  Church, 
either  in  collected  form,  or  separately; 

(8)  All  published  writings  of  our  preachers  in  what- 
ever form; 

(9)  All  printed  local  church  registers,  special  day 
programs,  other  programs,  financial  statements,  appeals, 
circulars,  calendars,  etc.,  etc. ; 

(10)  Old  church  newspapers  and  periodicals  of  any 
and  all  dates; 

(11)  Old  Methodist  books,  documents,  and  pamph- 
lets of  whatever  character ; 

(12)  All  catalogues,  announcements,  circulars,  re- 
ports or  other  documents  issued  by  the  educational  insti- 
tutions, sustained  or  maintained  by  the  Methodist  Epis- 
copal Church,  South,  in  Alabama ; 

(13)  A  complete  collection  of  the  issues  of  the  Pub- 
lishing House  of  the  Church  from  the  beginning; 

(14)  All  annuals  or  books  of  statistical  information 
issued  by  the  Church  generally,  by  Annual  Conferences, 
or  by  Sunday  School  Boards ; 

(15)  Oil  portraits  of  our  Bishops  and  distinguished 
preachers ; 

(16)  Photographs  of  all  preachers  of  the  denomina- 
tion, particularly  of  our  early  workers ; 

(17)  Relics  of  our  noted  preachers; 

(18)  Relics  of  Methodism  in  Alabama  of  a  curious 
and  unique  kind ; 

(19)  Photographs  of  all  houses  of  worship  of  the 
Denomination  in  the  State ; 

(20)  Old  manuscript  church  records;  and 

(21)  Old  manuscript  correspondence  and  papers  of 
our  preachers. 

MEETINGS. 

Meetings  of  the  Society  have  been  held  each  year,  on 
the  evening  preceding  the  formal  opening  of  Conference. 
They  have  been  well  attended ;  the  annual  addresses  have 
been  attractive  features  of  the  program;  and  all  admin- 
istrative business  has  been  carefully  looked  after.  The 
proceedings,  papers,  and  reports  are  to  be  published.  De- 
tails of  the  several  meetings  are  as  follows : 


12  HANDBOOK,   1910. 

1905,  Dec.  8.  First  or  organization  meeting;  held  at 
Dothan. 

1906,  Dec.  4.  Second  annual  meeting;  held  at  Eufau- 
la.  Address  by  Thomas  M.  Owen,  LL.  D.,  Director  of 
the  Alabama  State  Department  of  Archives  and  History, 
Montgomery.  Subject:  "State  supported  historical 
work." 

1907,  Dec.  3.  Third  annual  meeting;  held  at  Enter- 
prise. Address  by  Judge  Wm.  H.  Thomas,  Montgom- 
ery. Subject:  "Some  educational  history  of  Alabama 
Methodism." 

1908,  Dec.  8.  Fourth  annual  meeting;  held  in  Greens- 
boro. Address  by  Rev.  Dr.  J.  M.  Mason,  then  of  Eu- 
faula,  but  now  deceased.  Subject:  "Centennial  address 
on  Methodist  history  in  Alabama." 

1909,  Dec.  7.  Fifth  annual  meeting;  held  at  Opelika. 
Address  by  Rev.  Dr.  A.  J.  Lamar,  of  Nashville,  Tenn. 
Subject:  "Methodist  extension  in  Alabama,  with  spe- 
cial reference  to  Montgomery  and  Mobile." 

CENTENARY  OF  ALABAMA  METHODISM. 

Methodism  was  planted  within  the  limits  of  Alabama 
in  1808.  The  Centenary  of  this  great  and  far-reaching 
event  was  fittingly  and  appropriately  observed  through- 
out the  Alabama  Conference  and  the  North  Alabama 
Conference  in  1908.  The  exercises  in  the  former  were 
conducted  under  the  direction  of  the  Alabama  Confer- 
ence Historical  Society.  The  following  committee  was 
immediately  in  charge: 

Dr.  Thomas  M.  Owen,  Chairman;  Rev.  J.  M.  Dan- 
nelly,  Hon.  J.  A.  Wilkinson,  Rev.  E.  L.  Crawford,  Rev. 
Frank  Seay,  Judge  Wm.  H.  Thomas,  and  Rev.  Charles 
H.  Motley,  president  of  the  Society. 

The  centenary  observance  was  arranged  and  organized 
so  as  to  provide  (1)  a  series  of  commemorative  or  anni- 
versary exercises  in  every  department  of  the  Church,  in- 
cluding the  Annual  Conference,  the  Conference  Board  of 
Missions,  the  several  District  Conferences,  the  educa- 
tional and  benevolent  institutions  under  the  control  of  the 
Conference,  the  several  pastoral  charges,  the  Sunday 
Schools  and  Epworth  Leagues  in  the  Conference;   (2) 


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plans  for  the  appropriate  marking  or  monumenting  of 
such  historic  spots  or  places  associated  with  Alabama 
Methodism  as  ought  to  be  commemorated  by  a  tablet, 
memorial  stone,  or  otherwise;  (3)  the  collection  and  or- 
ganization of  materials  for  the  history  of  the  Church 
and  its  several  auxiliary  bodies,  including  relics  of  Ala- 
bama Methodism  and  Methodists,  and  the  actual  compi- 
lation of  histories  of  all  Conferences,  Churches,  Sunday 
Schools,  Mission  effort,  etc.,  etc.,  as  far  as  may  be  pos- 
sible; and  (4)  the  taking  of  freewill  thank-offerings  in 
behalf  of  Christian  education  at  all  of  the  commemorative 
celebrations  held  in  the  Conference. 

See  Minutes  of  the  Alabama  Conference,  1908,  pp. 
4-5-49,  for  a  report  of  the  several  centenary  exercises. 

MONUMENTS  AND  MARKING  HISTORIC  SITES. 

The  marking  or  monumenting,  by  shaft,  boulder,  or 
tablet,  of  marble,  granite  or  bronze,  or  by  a  memorial 
window  or  fountain,  or  in  some  other  appropriate  form, 
of  buildings,  sites,  spots  or  grounds,  associated  with  his- 
toric events,  occasions  or  persons,  is  now  universally 
practiced.  Very  few  such  monuments  or  memorials 
have,  however,  been  erected  by  the  Methodist  Church  or 
by  the  Methodists  in  Alabama,  and  there  are  probably 
none  dealing  with  the  beginnings,  or  with  the  larger  fea- 
tures of  the  history  of  Methodism  in  the  State. 

During  the  centennial  year,  1908,  the  special  commit- 
tee having  in  charge  the  promotion  of  the  observance  of 
the  centenary,  carefully  considered  the  whole  subject,  and 
made  up  a  list  of  the  points  or  places  which  should  be 
marked  or  monumented.  This  list  is  given  below.  It 
was  not  deemed  desirable  at  that  time  to  do  more  than 
declare  the  duty  of  the  Church,  leaving  actual  work  for 
the  future. 

It  is  now  the  purpose  of  the  Society  to  encourage  the 
full  performance  of  this  very  obvious  and  highly  patriotic 
duty.  Some  of  the  work  must  be  done  by  the  Church, 
as  a  body,  in  Alabama,  that  is,  by  both  the  Alabama  Con- 
ference and  the  North  Alabama  Conference,  while  part 
is  appropriately  the  task  of  local  Churches,  institutions 
and  individuals.     The  committees    of    the    Society    on 


14  HANDBOOK,   1910. 

"Monuments"  and  on  "Marking  Historic  Sites"  is  pre- 
pared to  co-operate  with  any  person  or  persons  who  may 
wish  to  take  up  any  part  of  the  plans  here  projected. 

The  list  below  includes  the  recommendations  of  the 
centenary  committee,  and  was  drawn  by  Rev.  E.  L. 
Crawford,  chairman  of  a  sub-committee  appointed  for 
that  purpose: 

"Your  sub-committee  appointed  to  select  Methodist 
historic  sites  to  be  marked  for  preservation,  begs  leave  to 
report  as  follows: 

"1.  It  seems  that  the  first  Protestant  sermon  ever 
preached  in  Alabama  was  at  a  place  in  southwest  Ala- 
bama called  Boat  Yard  and  the  preacher  was  Lorenzo 
Dow.  While  at  this  time  Mr.  Dow  was  not  officially  con- 
nected with  the  Methodist  Church,  yet  he  was  converted 
at  her  altars  and  it  was  her  doctrines  that  he  proclaimed 
in  Alabama,  so  I  would  suggest  that  while  we  do  not 
claim  him  as  a  full-fledged  Methodist  that  we  still  mark 
this  place  giving  the  exact  historical  facts  in  the  case. 

"2.  I  have  not  ascertained  the  exact  location  where 
Matthew  Sturdivant  preached  his  first  sermon  in  the 
Tombigbee  country,  in  1808,  where  the  first  member  was 
received  by  him  into  the  church,  and  where  the  first 
church  building  was  erected.  Possibly  some  member  of 
the  Committee  or  Conference  can  supply  these  details.  If 
so  I  would  suggest  that  each  of  these  places  be  marked ; 
and  if  not  then  that  the  most  probable  place  where  he  be- 
gan his  ministry  be  marked  with  a  shaft  in  commemora- 
tion of  these  three  events.  It  seems  to  me  that  as  the 
river  was  the  center  of  the  life  of  the  people  and  divided 
the  communities,  or,  possibly  to  speak  more  accurately 
bound  them  together,  that  some  place  on  the  river,  as 
Wood's  Bluff,  would  be  the  proper  place  for  the  monu- 
ment. When  the  river  comes  into  her  own  again  it 
would  stand  as  a  conspicuous  landmark. 

"3.  A  monument  should  be  erected  on  the  site  of  the 
old  Asbury  Indian  school  grounds  near  Columbus,  Ga., 
on  the  Alabama  side  of  the  river.  This  should  commem- 
orate both  the  early  efforts  toward  the  imparting  of  ed- 
ucation in  Alabama,  and  especially  this  and  evangelical 
work  among  the  Indians. 

"4.  A  monument  should  be  erected  in  Tuscaloosa,  and 
one  upon  the  site  of  the  old  LaGrange  College — the  first 


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marking  the  place  where  the  old  Sims'  Female  Academy 
stood  (probably  the  first  pretentious  school  for  girls 
erected  in  Alabama),  and  the  other  the  first  Alabama 
College. 

"5.  The  first  chartered  College  for  the  girls  should  be 
also  marked. 

"6.  The  Orphanage  at  Summerfield  should  also  be 
marked. 

"7.  Each  camp  ground  within  the  borders  of  the  Con- 
ference should  be  marked. 

"8.  The  fact  that  the  first  annual  Conference  met  in 
the  State  was  at  Tuscaloosa  should  be  suitably  and  en- 
duringly  recorded. 

"9.  Besides  these  specific  recommendations,  I  would 
make  the  general  recommendation  that  each  church  build- 
ing site,  for  the  benefit  of  the  local  history  of  the  com- 
munity and  church,  should  be  marked.  And  in  connec- 
tion with  this  also  that  the  communities  should  preserve 
by  such  memorials  all  the  institutions  that  have  had  a 
part  in  making  the  Church  within  the  State. 

"It  will  be  noticed  in  these  recommendations  that  I  have 
gone  without  the  bounds  of  our  Conference.  I  think 
that  it  would  be  well  for  us  to  ask  of  the  North  Alabama 
Conference  the  privilege  of  helping  in  the  erection  of 
monuments  within  her  borders  that  are  of  general  in- 
terest to  Methodists  of  the  State,  and  grant  her  a  like 
privilege  with  similar  locations  within  our  borders." 

PUBLICATIONS  AND  BIBLIOGRAPHY. 

The  Society  has  not  yet  undertaken  any  pretentious 
publications.  This  has  been  due  to  absence  of  necessary 
funds,  and  also  because  of  the  importance  of  first  push- 
ing other  and  more  immediate  and  urgent  activities. 
Plans  are  now  maturing  for  the  publication  of  the  Pro- 
ceedings of  the  several  meetings,  and  also  for  the  inaugu- 
ration of  a  series  of  "Documents  and  Studies  in  Ala- 
bama Methodism."  This  series  is  intended  to  embrace 
original  documents,  such  as  old  district  or  other  confer- 
ence journals,  old  local  church  records,  all  carefully  an- 
notated, and  also  studies  in  the  several  fields  of  Church 
activity  within  the  bounds  of  the  two  Conferences. 


16  HANDBOOK,   1910. 

A  detailed  list  of  published  circulars,  reports,  etc.,  of 
the  Society  follows : 

Caption:  Officers,  1906;  organization  and  objects; 
and  constitution.  Jan.  1,  1906.  (Circular  No.  1.)  8 
vo.  pp.  4. 

Caption:  Officers,  1908;  organization  and  objects;  and 
scope  of  collections.  Jan.  1,  1908.  (Circular  No.  2.)  8 
vo.  pp.  3. 

Caption :  The  centenary  of  Alabama  Methodism ;  plans 
and  suggestions  for  its  observance.  Feb.  10,  1908.  (Cir- 
cular No.  3.)  8  vo.  pp.  4. 

Resolution  of  the  Alabama  Conference,  authorizing  the 
formation  of  the  Society,  Dec.  7,  1905.  In  Minutes  of  the 
Alabama  Conference  M.  E.  Church,  South,  1905,  pp.  15, 
18,  8  vo. 

Report  of  the  Executive  Committee  of  the  Alabama 
Conference  Historical  Society.  In  Minutes  of  the  Ala- 
bama Conference,  etc.,  1906,  pp.  45-47.  8  vo. 

Report  of  the  executive  Committee,  1907.  In  Minutes, 
etc.,  1907,  pp.  44-47.     8  vo. 

Report  of  the  executive  committee,  1908.  In  Minutes, 
etc.,  1908,  pp.  45-49.     8  vo. 

Report  of  the  executive  committee,  1909.  In  Minutes, 
etc.,  1909,  pp.  76-77. 

Some  educational  history  of  Alabama  Methodism.  By 
William  Holcombe  Thomas.  Montgomery,  1908.  8  vo. 
pp.  14. 

Also  delivered  at  the  centenary  celebration  at  the  Meth- 
odist Church,  Wetumpka,  April  30,  1908. 

The  Methodist  Churches  of  Montgomery.  Souvenir 
program  of  the  celebration  of  the  one  hundredth  anniver- 
sary of  the  official  planting  of  the  Methodist  Church 
within  the  bounds  of  what  is  now  Alabama,  1808-1908. 
Court  Street  Church,  Montgomery,  Sunday  11  o'clock 
a.  m.,  February  9,  1908.  Compiled  by  Thomas  M.  Owen. 
Paragon  Press,  1908.    8  vo.  pp.  23. 

The  Methodist  Churches  of  Mobile.  Souvenir  of  cele- 
bration of  the  one  hundredth  anniversary,  etc.,  Feb.  16th, 
1908.     [Mobile,  1908.]     8  vo.  pp.  10. 


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Centennial  memorial,  Greensboro  District,  April  8, 
1908.     Selma,  1908.    8  vo.  pp.  32. 

History  of  the  M.  E.  Church,  South,  in  Eufaula,  Ala., 
May  3,  1908.  By  Capt.  S.  H.  Dent,  Eufaula,  1908.  8 
vo.  pp.  21. 

History  of  the  Methodist  Church  in  Dale  County.  [By 
J.M.  Carmichael.]     [Ozark,  1908.]     8  vo.  pp.  12. 

The  Methodist  Church  of  Union  Springs,  Alabama. 
Souvenir  of  the  celebration  there  of  the  one  hundredth 
anniversary,  etc.,  June  21,  1908.  [By  Mrs.  A.  H.  Pick- 
ett.]    Union  Springs,  1908.     8  vo.  pp.  11. 

Methodism.  A  centennial  sermon,  preached  before  the 
Selma  District  Conference,  June  26,  1908.  By  Noel  R. 
Hamer,  Montgomery,  1908.    8  vo.  pp.  28. 

Program  and  order  of  exercises  for  observance  of  the 
100th  anniversary  of  the  planting  of  the  Methodist  Epis- 
copal Church  in  Alabama.  By  Court  Street  Epworth 
League,  Nov.  15,  1908.  8  vo.  pp.  4.  On  p.  4  is  a  sketch 
of  the  Court  Street  League. 


OFFICERS  1906-1909. 

OFFICERS,    190G. 

President 
John  A.  Rice,  D.  D.,  LL.  D.,  Montgomery. 

Active  Vice-President 
Rev.   Charles   H.   Motley,    Monroeville. 

Secretary-  Treasurer 
Hervey  W.   Laird,   Montgomery. 

Curator  of   Collections. 
Thomas  M.  Owen,  LL.  D.,  Montgomery. 

Honorary  Vice-Presidents 
Rev.  J.  S.  Frazer,  D.   D.,  Mobile. 
Rev.  W.  P.  Hurt,  D.  D.,  Greensboro. 
Rev.  T.  Y.  Abernathy,  D.  D„  Selma. 
Rev.  J.  M.  Mason,  D.  D.,  Eufaula. 
Rev.  E.  A.  Dannelly,  DeFuniak  Springs. 
Rev.  W.  H.  Wade,  Evergreen. 

2  H 


18  HANDBOOK,   1910. 

OFFICERS,    1907. 

President 
Rev.  Charles  H.  Motley,  Birmingham. 

Active  Vice-President 
W.    F.    VANDrvER,    Montgomery. 

Secretary-Treasurer 
Hervey  W.   Laird,   Montgomery. 

Curator,  of  Collections 
Thomas  M.  Owen,  LL.  D.,  Montgomery. 

Honorary  Vice-Presidents 
Rev.  J.   S.  Frazer,  D.   D.,  Mobile. 
Rev.  E.  A.  Dannelly,  Greensboro. 
Rev.  T.  Y.  Abernathy,  D.  D.,  Selma. 
Rev.  C.  A.  Rush,  Prattville. 
Rev.  M.  H.  Holt,  Montgomery. 
Rev.  C.  W.  Gavin,  Troy. 
Rev.  J.  M.  Mason,  D.  D.,  Eufaula. 
Rev.  J.  A.  Peterson,  D.  D.,  Dothan. 
Rev.  B.  C.  Glenn,  Evergreen. 


officers,  1908. 

President 
Rev.   Charles  H.   Motley,  Birmingham. 

Active  Vice-President 
W.    F.    Vandiver,    Montgomery. 

Secretary-  Treasurer 
Hervey  W.   Laird,   Montgomery. 

Curator  of  Collections 
Thomas  M.  Owen,  LL.  D.,  Montgomery. 

Honorary  Vice-Presidents 
Rev.  J.  S.  Frazer,  D.   D.,  Mobile. 
Rev.  E.  A.  Dannelly,  Greensboro. 
Rev.  T.  Y.  Abernathy,  D.  D.,  Selma. 
Rev.  J.  B.  Cumming,  Prattville. 
Rev.  M.  H.  Holt,  Montgomery. 
Rev.  J.  B.  K.  Spain,  Troy. 
Rev.  J.  M.  Mason,  D.  D.,  Eufaula. 
Rev.  J.  A.  Peterson,  D.  D.,  Dothan. 
Rev.  B.  C.  Glenn,  Evergreen. 


ALA.  CONFERENCE  HISTORICAL  SOCIETY.  19 

OFFICERS,    1909. 

President 
Rev.  Charles  H.  Motley,  Centreville. 

Active  Vice-President 
W.  F.  Vandiver,  Montgomery. 

Secretary-Treasurer 
Hervey  W.   LaiRd,   Montgomery. 

Curator  of  Collections 
Thomas  M.  Owen,  LL.  D.,  Montgomery. 

Honorary  Vice-Presidents 
Rev.  Wm.  M.  Cox,  Mobile. 
Rev.  E.  A.  Dannelly,  Greensboro. 
Rev.  T.  Y.  Abernathy,  D.  D.,  Selma. 
Rev.  J.  B.  Cumming,  Prattville. 
Rev.  J.  M.  Mason,  D.  D.,  Montgomery. 
Rev.  J.  B.  K.  Spain,  Troy. 
Rev.  B.  C.  Glenn,  Eufaula. 
Rev.  J.  A.  Peterson,  D.  D.,  Dothan. 
Rev.  J.  S.  Frazer,  D.  D.,  Evergreen. 

ROLL  OF  MEMBERS. 

From  the  date  of  organization,  Dec.  8,  1905,  to  Dec.  31, 
1909,  one  hundred  and  sixty-nine  members  have  enrolled.  Of 
these  seven  have  died,  and  two  have  been  lost  by  transfer, 
namely,  Rev.  A.  L.  Andrews  and  Rev.  W.  W.  Crymes.  Of  these 
forty-three  are  laymen,  two  are  women,  and  the  remainder 
are  preachers  of  the  Conference. 

The  loss  by  the  transfers  named  above  and  the  deaths  noted, 
making  a  total  of  nine,  leaves  a  total  membership  of  one 
hundred  and  sixty. 

The  addresses  of  lay  members  only  are  given.  The  many 
changes  of  location  constantly  taking  place,  make  unpredi- 
cable  any  attempt  to  give  the  addresses  of  preachers.  For 
them  reference  is  made  to  the  alphabetical  roll  of  the  Con- 
ference in  the  Minutes,  1909. 

Abernathy,  Rev.  Dr.  T.  Y Dec.  8,  1905 

Adams,  Rev.  T.  L Dec.   8,  1905 

Airey,  Rev.  J.  Bruce Dec.  3,  1907 

Albright,  Rev.  T.  D Dec.  4,  1906 

Andrew,  Rev.  Dr.  J.  O.,  (Died  April  27,  1907) Dec.  8,  1905 

Andrews,  Rev.  A.  L.    (Trans.  Tex.  Conf.,  1906)    Dec.  8,  1905 

Andrews,  Rev.  Henry  M Dec.  3,  1907 

Arnold,  Rev.  W.  F Dec.   8,  1905 

Atkinson,  Rev.  C.  P Dec.  8,  1905 


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Ball,  Fred  S.,  Montgomery Feb.  9,  1908 

Banks,   D.  M.,  Opelika Dec.   7.   1909 

Barnett,  A.  E.,  Opelika Dec.  8,  1908 

Barnett,  J.  B.,  Monroeville Dec.   3,   1907 

Barrow,  Rev.  T.  B Dec.  8,  1908 

Bates,   Rev.   Caleb Dec.   8,'  1905 

Bilbro,  Rev.  I.  F Dec.   3,  1907 

Bishop,  R.  T.,  Montgomery Dec.  4,  1906 

Boyd,  Rev.  S.  G Dec.  4,  1906 

Breedlove,  Rev.  J.  W Dec.  3,  1907 

Calhoun,  Rev.  L.  C Dec.  8,  1905 

Calhoun,  Rev.   O.  V Dec.   8,  1905 

Chappelle,  Rev.  L.  H.  S Dec.   8',  1905 

Christenberry,  D.  P.,  of  Greensboro Dec.  8,  1908 

Christian,  Richard  Ashley,  Mobile May  13,  1908 

Clendennin,  Rev.  James Dec.  3,  1907 

Coleman,  Rev.  E.  W Dec.  8,  1908 

Cornell,  Rev.  C.  A Dec.  8,  1905 

Cox,  Rev.  W.  M Dec.  8,  1905 

Cowan,  Rev.  E.  E Dec.  8,  1905 

Coxwell,  Rev.  R.  G Dec.  3,  1907 

Crawford,  Rev.  Eugene  L» Dec.  8,  1905 

Crymes,  Rev.  W.  W.  (Trans,  to  Indian  Miss.  Conf.)  Dec.  8,  1905 

Cumming,  Rev.  J.  B Dec.  4,  1906 

Curtis,  Rev.  W.  M Dec.  8,  1908 

Daily,   Rev.    J.    F Dec.    8,    1905 

Dannelly,  Rev.  E.  A Dec.  8,  1905 

Dannelly,  Rev.  J.  M Dec.  4,  1906 

Danner,  A.  C,  Mobile May  13,  1908 

Daughtry,  Rev.  J.  P Dec.  3,  1907 

Davis,  A.  C,  Montgomery Dec.  8,  1908 

Davis,  Rev.  T.  F Dec.  8,  1908 

Dumas,  Mrs.  J.  T.,  Mobile May  19,  1908 

Eckford,  Rev.  J.  T Dec.  8,  190$ 

Ellison,  Rev.  H.  S Dec.  8,  1905 

Ellison,  J.  T.,  Centreville Dec.  7,  1909 

Ellison,  Rev.  R.  R Dec.  3,  1907 

Ellisor,  Rev.  D.  F Dec.  8,  1905 

Ellisor,  Rev.  W.  T Dec.  8,  1905 

Eustis,  Howard  M.,  Mobile May  30,  1908 

Feagan,  Rev.  B.  E Dec.  8,  1905 

Feagan,  Rev.  J.  F Dec.  3,  1907 

Flowers,  E.  P.,  Montgomery Feb.  19,  1908 

Fontaine,   Rev.   George Dec.   8,  1905 

Foster,  Rev.  R.  A Dec.   8,  1908 

Frazer,  Rev.  Dr.  J.  S Dec.  8,  1905 

Gavin,  Rev.  C.  W Dec.  3,  1907 


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Glenn,  Rev.  B.  C Dec.  3,  1907 

Goodman,  Rev.   O.  J Dec.  8,  1905 

Graves,  T.  P.,  Eufaula Dec.  8,  1905 

Green,  Rev.  Lemuel  B Dec.  3,  1907 

Hamer,    Rev.    N.    R Dec.    8,    1905 

Hamner,  Rev.  J.  W Dec.  8,   1905 

Harrison,  Rev.  James  C Dec.  8,   1905 

Hasty,  Rev.   W.   H Dec.  4,   1906 

Haskew,  Rev.  D.  W Dec.   3,  1907 

Heath,  Rev.  W.  D Dec.  3,  1907 

Holt,  Rev.  M  .H Dec.   3,  1907 

Holloway,  Rev.  J.  H Dec.  8,  1905 

Hosmer,  Rev.   Dr.   S.  M Dec.   S,   1905 

Houghton,  M.  B.,  Montgomery Feb.  22,  1908 

Hurt,  Rev.  Dr.,  W.  P Dec.  8,  1905 

Hudson,  Rev  P.  S Dec.  3,  1907 

Johnson,  Rev.  Dr.  H.  T Dec.  7,  1909 

Jones,  Rev.  H.  E Dec.  3,  1907 

Jones,  Rev.  R.  R Dec.   S,  1908 

Judkins,  James  H.,  Montgomery Feb.  20,  1908 

Kersh,  Rev.  J.  D Dec.  8,  1905 

Keyser,  J.  K.,  Burnt  Corn Dec.  3,  1907 

Killough,  Rev.  J.  W Dec.  8,  1905 

Killebrew,  T.  J.,  Newton Dec.  4,  1906 

Laird,  H.  W,  Montgomery Dec.   8,  1905 

Lamar,  Rev.  Dr.  A.  J Dec.  8,  1905 

Lampley,  H.,  Eufaula Dec.  4,  1906 

Lancaster,  W.  L.,  Wetumpka Dec.   8,  1905 

Lathram,  Rev.  L.  P Dec.   3,  1907 

Lawrence,  Rev.  J.  O Dec.  8.  1905 

Lawson,  L.  J.,  Greensboro Dec.  4,  1906 

LeGrand,  M.  P.,  Montgomery Dec.  4,  1906 

Lightfoot,  Matthias,  Brundidge Dec.   3,  1907 

Lett,  W.  O.,  Mobile May  17,  1908 

Lcwry,  Rev.  F.  M Dec.  3,  1907 

McCall,  Mrs.   M.   M„,   Opelika Dec.   7,   1900 

McCann,  Rev.  J.  E Dec.  8,   1905 

McCann,  Rev.  W.   A Dec.    S,   1905 

McFerrin,  Rev.  Dr.  A.  P Dec.  3.  1907 

McGehee,  Rev.  Dr.  O.  C Dec.  4,  1906 

McNeill,  Rev.  D.  H Dec.   3,   1907 

McNeill,  Rev.  H.  H Dec.   3,  1907 

Mangum,  Rev.  J.  Thomas Dec.  8,  1905 

Marlin,  Rev.   J.  O Dec.   3,   1907 

Marshall,  Rev.  B.  F Dec.  8.   1905 

Mason,  Rev.  Dr.  J.  M.    (Died  Feb.  3,  1909) Dec.  8,  1905 

Mathison,  Rev.  J.  W Dec.  S,  1905 


22  HANDBOOK,    1910. 

Maye,  Rev.  E.  C Dec.  8,  1905 

Moody,   Rev.   R.   A Dec.    3,   1907 

Moore,   Rev.  E.   C Dec.   4,   1906 

Motley,  Rev.  Charles  H Dec.  8,  1905 

Munn,  Rev.  J.  M.  Dec.  7,   19uy 

Nelson,  Rev.  J.  B 1 Dec.  3,  1907 

Noble,  Rev.  J.  O Dec.  3,  1907 

Northcutt,  Rev.  Charles  W Dec.  8,  1905 

Northcutt,  Rev.  J.  E.   Dec.  8,   1905 

Owen,  Dr.  Thomas  M.,  Montgomery Dec.  8,  1905 

Owens,  Rev.  W.  D Dec.  8,  1905 

Paul,  Rev.  E.  B Dec.  8,  1905 

Peterson,  Rev.  Dr.  F.  M.,  (Died  March  3,  1908) Dec.  8,  1905 

Peterson,  Rev.  Dr.  J.  A Dec.  4,  1906 

Price,  Rev.  E.  G.,   (Died  Aug.  4,  1906) Dec.   8,  1905 

Price,  Rev.  J.  F Dec.   7,  1909 

Register,  Rev.   H.  B Dec.   8,   1908 

Rhinehart,  Rev.  J.  W Dec.  8,  1905 

Rice,  Rev.  Dr.  John  A.,  New  Orleans,  Trans.  La. 

Conference  Dec.   8,   1905 

Roberts,  Rev.  J.  P Dec.   8,  1905 

Roberts,   Rev.    S.   W Dec.    8,    1905 

Rogers,  Rev.  F.  A Dec.   8,   1905 

Rooks,  Rev.  E.  M Dec.  8,  1908 

Ruff,  Crawford  T.,  Montgomery Feb.   19,  1908 

Rush  Rev.  Charles  A Dec.  3,  1907 

Salter,    Q.    Monroeville Dec.    3,   1907 

Samford,  W.  H.,  Montgomery Dec.  8,  1905 

Sanders,  Rev.  J.  R Dec.  8,  1908 

Seale,  Rev.   J.   A Dec.    3,1907 

Seay,     Rev.     Frank,      (Trans,     to  Texas     Conf.   Georgetown) 

Dec.  4,  1906 

Seed,  Walter  D.,  Montgomery Feb.   12,   1908 

Sellers,  Rev.  A.  L Dec.   3,   1907 

Sellers,  John  A.,  Montgomery Feb.   23    1908 

Shores,  Rev.  J.  W Dec.   8,   1905 

Slaughter,  Rev.  D.  P Dec.  8,  1905 

Smilie,  Rev.  Robert,   (Died  Dec.  13,  1906) Dec.  8,  1905 

Soain,  Rev.  J.  B.  K Dec.  8,  1905 

Stafford,  Rev.  E.  E Dec.  8,  1908 

Steiner,  R.  E.,  Montgomery Dec.  4,  1906 

Street,   Rev.   W.   S Dec.   8,   1905 

Strout,  Rev.   H.  T Dec.   8,   1905 

Stuart,  George,  Montgomery Feb.  20,  1908 

Talley,  Rev.  C.  S Dec.  8,  1905 

Tate,  Rev.  J.   B Dec.    8,   1905 


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Thach.  Dr.  Charles  Coleman,  Auburn Dec.  8,  1905 

Thomas,  Judge  W.  H.,  Montgomery Dec.  4,  1906 

Thompson,  Rev.  Dr.  J.  A Dec.  8,  1905 

Threadgill,   Rev.   H.   C Dec.   3,    1907 

Trawick,   Rev.   Henry Dec.   8,    1905 

Trotter,  Rev.  J.  B Dec.   3,    1907 

Turner,  Rev.  E.  M Dec.  4,  1906 

Turnipseed,  D.  C,  Union  Springs Dec.  3,  1907 

Turnipseed,  Rev.  Selman  U Dec.  3,  1907 

Vandiver,  W.  P.,  Montgomery,  (Died  Dec.  10,  1908) Dec.  4,  1906 
Vanpelt,  Wm.  L.,  Montgomery Feb.  20,  1908 

Wade,  Rev.  W.  H.,  (Died  Jan.  3,  1906) Dec.  8,  1905 

Welch,  Rev.  O.  S Dec.  3,  1907 

Whitfield,  L.  B.,  Montgomery Feb.  19,  1908 

Wild,  Rev.  W.  H Dec.  8,  1905 

Wilkinson,  E.  T.,  Gastonburg Dec.  3,  1907 

Wilkinson,   J.   A.,   Montgomery Dec.   8,    1905 

Wilkinson,   J.   E.,   Selma Dec.   3,   1907 

Williams,  Rev.  C.  A Dec.   8,   1908 

Wiliams,  Rev.  R.  C Dec.  8,  1908 

Williams,  Richard  S.,  Montgomery Feb.  10,  1908 

Woodruff,  Dr.  W.  L.,  Mobile Dec.  7,  1909 


II.    CHECK  LIST  OF  ACCESSIONS  TO 

THE  COLLECTIONS  OF  THE 

SOCIETY,  1905-1909. 


The  lists  which  follow  are  intended  to  set  forth  de- 
tails of  the  several  accessions  to  the  collections  of  the 
Society,  from  the  date  of  organization,  Dec.  8,  1905,  to 
Dec.  31,  1909.  It  is  believed  that  the  snowing  made  will 
be  more  than  gratifying.  Many  organizations,  far  older 
and  with  ample  means,  have  done  much  less. 

The  publication  of  the  lists  will  serve  a  triple  purpose, 
namely:  (1)  the  public  acknowledgment  of  donations, 
(2)  the  acquainting  of  our  members  and  students  with 
the  materials  collected,  and  (3)  the  indication  of  the 
several  classes  of  materials  desired. 

The  titles  are  given  in  alphabetical  order,  together  with 
brief  annotations. 

Alabama  Annual  Conference,  Methodist  Episco- 
pal Church,  South.  Minutes.  1852-1856,  1858-1860, 
1863,  1870-1909.     8vo.     49  pamphlets. 

Presented  by  Rev.  Dr.  J.  M.  Dannelly  of  Montgomery, 
Rev.  Dr.  W.  C.  Hearn  (deceased),  Rev.  G.  J.  Mason  (de- 
ceased), Rev.  Dr.  J.  M.  Mason  (deceased),  and  Rev. 
Charles  H.  Motley  of  Centreville. 

The  Alabama  Conference  was  organized  in  1832  at  Tus- 
caloosa. With  the  year  1864,  the  Methodist  Churches  in 
Alabama  were  divided  into  the  Mobile  Conference  and  the 
Montgomery  Conference,  and  so  continued  until  1870. 
In  this  year,  the  Conferences  were  reorganized,  and  the 
Alabama  Conference  and  the  North  Alabama  Conference 
constituted.  The  Alabama  Conference  includes  Florida 
Churches  west  of  the  Appalachicola  river. 

The  Society  has  Minutes  of  the  sessions  of  the  Mont- 
gomery Conference  for  1864,  1865,  1866,  1867,  and  1868. 
See  infra. 

Alabama  Annual  Conference.     Directory.     12  mo. 
Session  at  Montgomery,  Dec.  1902,  pp.  11. 
Session  at  Dothan,  Dec.  6,  1905.  pp.  12. 
Session  at  Eufaula,  Dec.  5,  1906.  pp.  11. 
Session  at  Enterprise,  Dec.  4.  1907.  pp.  16. 
Session  at  Greensboro,  Dec.  9,  1908.  pp.  16. 
Session  at  Opelika,  Dec.  8,  1909.  pp.  20. 

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Alabama  Annual  Conference.  The  Board  of 
Church  Extension.  Records  of.  Dec.  1883-June  1886, 
and  1895.     Folio.     Manuscript. 

Contains  copy  of  "Constitution."  The  meeting  of  1883 
was  the  first,  and  that  of  1895,  the  thirteenth. 

Alabama  Annual  Conference.  Alabama  Confer- 
ence Board  of  Missions.  By-laws,  adopted  March  31, 
1905.     8vo.  pp.  4. 

Alabama  Annual  Conference.  Alabama  Confer- 
ence Sunday  School  Board.  Year  Book.  3rd,  1898,  pp. 
68;  6th,  1903,  pp.  106;  and  8th,  1906,  pp.  98.     16  mo. 

Alabama  Annual  Conference.  Woman's  Foreign 
Missionary  Society.  Proceedings  at  Greenville,  April 
26-29,  1906.    8vo.  pp.  40. 

Presented  by  Rev.   C.   H.   Motley,   Centreville. 

Alabama  Annual  Conference.  Woman's  Home 
Mission  Society.  Program,  10th  annual  session,  Union 
Springs,  March  23-27,  1909.     8vo.  pp.  4. 

Andalusia.     History  of  the  Andalusia  M.  E.  Church, 
South,  by  Mrs.  Clive  E.  Reid.    4  to.  pp.  10.    Manuscript. 
Presented  by  Rev.  L.  P.  Lathram,  Greensboro. 

Anderson,  Rev.  Dr.  S.  T.  Missions,  an  essay.  Nash- 
ville, 1874.     8vo.  pp.  64. 

Presented  by  Rev.   C.  H.   Motley,   Centreville. 

Andrew,  Bishop  James  Osgood.  Family  government. 
Charleston,   1847.     12   mo.   pp.   151. 

Presented  by  Charles  E.  Owen,  Montgomery. 

Annual  Conferences.  Conference  Minutes  |  of 
the  |  Methodist  Conferences,  |  annually  held  in  |  Amer- 
ica; |  from  1773  to  1813,  inclusive,  |  volume  the  first,  | 
New  York:  |  published  by  Daniel  Hitt  |  and  Thomas 
Ware,  for  the  Methodist  connexion  in  the  |  United 
States,     John  C.  Totten,  printer,  |  1813,  |  12  mo.  pp.  611 

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Bishop  Andrew's  copy.  Presented  by  Rev.  Charles  A. 
Rush,  Mobile. 

Although  numbered  vol.  i,  the  foregoing  includes  all  of 
the  data  originally  intended  for  two  volumes,  as  will  ap- 
pear from  the  following  paragraph  at  the  close  of  the 
prefatory  statement  "To  the  Reader."  "It  has  been  thought 
proper  to  publish  the  whole  in  one  volume;  intending  to 
publish  another,  whenever  they  will  make  a  volume." 


26  HANDBOOK,    1910. 

The  importance  of  the  subject  from  a  bibliographical 
standpoint  at  least,  and  in  order  to  show  the  historical 
continuity  of  the  efforts  made  to  present  and  keep  avail- 
able the  records  of  the  Church  in  accessible  form  will  jus- 
tify the  use  of  the  following  extract  from  the  volume  of 
1813: 

"The  volume  of  Annual  Minutes  published  in  1794  by 
the  Rev.  John  Dickins,  no  doubt  had  its  use,  and  yielded 
satisfaction  and  profit  to  thousands: — that  small  volume 
shows  the  rise,  progress,  and  increase  of  the  Methodists  in 
America  for  about  21  or  22  years.  There  are  now  compara- 
tively few  copies  of  this  publication  to  be  seen  in  the 
hands  of  the  preachers,  or  in  the  houses  of  our  friends; 
in  consequence  of  which,  many  of  our  brethren,  both  trav- 
eling and  local,  (who  are  measurably  or  altogether  con- 
fined to  the  extreme  parts  of  the  work,  seldom  have  an 
opportunity  of  seeing  one  of  the  Annual  Minutes;)  have 
frequently  expressed  a  wish  to  have  them  all  in  one  com- 
plete volume,  arranged  in  the  order  in  which  they  occur- 
red. We  feel  the  more  inclined  to  comply  with  their  re- 
quest, because  this  publication  must  confessedly  contain 
the  best  history  (as  far  as  it  goes)  of  the  Methodists, 
and  Methodist  preachers  in  America,  now  extant;  from 
the  commencement  thereof  to  the  year  1813: — showing  to 
the  reflective  mind,  what  the  Lord  hath  done  for  us,  and 
by  us,  in  the  space  of  40  years  last  past.  This  work  be- 
comes the  more  interesting,  as  it  contains  brief  memoirs 
of  all  of  our  deservedly  esteemed  brethren  who  have  fore- 
gone the  pleasures  of  domestic  happiness  for  the  sake  of 
winning  souls." — From  the  prefatory  statement  "To  the 
Reader." 

Owing  to  its  rarity  the  Society  has  not  yet  been  able  to 
secure  a  copy  of  the  little  volume  of  1794  above  men- 
tioned. The  following  description  is  taken  from  Dr. 
Charles  F.  Deems,  Annals  of  Southern  Methodism,  1857, 
p.  319,  in  the  hope  that  it  may  not  only  afford  instruction, 
but  also  that  a  copy  might  perchance  be  located : 

"We  have  been  reviewing  with  some  interest  a  little 
16mo  volume  of  214  pages,  bound  in  calf,  and  no  letter- 
ing. It  is  the  "Yearly  Minutes"  of  "some  conversations  be- 
tween the  preachers  in  connection  with  the  Rev.  Mr.  John 
Wesley,"  from  1773  to  1794  inclusive.  It  shows  the  begin- 
nings of  our  American  Methodism.  When  we  compare  this 
thin  book  in  large  type  and  small  page,  with  the  packed 
volume  of  the  "Annals  of  Southern  Methodism  for  1855," 
and  remember  that  the  latter  presents  only  the  Southern 
half  of  the  Methodism  for  the  year,  while  the  former  com- 
prises the  annals  of  both  departments  of  the  Church  for 
twenty-one  years,  we  are  made  to  feel  what  three-quarters 
of  a  century,  under  God's  wonderful  blessing  have 
wrought. 

"There  are  divers  matters  in  this  volume  which  have 
struck  us  as  calculated  to  be  interesting  to  our  readers, 


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and  we  shall  devote  a  portion  of  our  space  to  reproducing 
them. 

"The  preface  is  dated  'Bortetourt,  May  24th,  1794,'  and 
sets  forth  that  in  the  volume  'may  be  seen  the  growth  and 
spread  of  infant  Methodism  to  the  manhood  of  twenty- 
two  or  twenty-three  years;'  that  'it  contains  in  substance 
a  brief  history  of  the  rise  and  progress  of  the  traveling 
ministry  and  the  success  of  their  labors  through  these 
United  States.'" 

Annual  Conferences.     Minutes  of  the  annual  con- 
ferences, M.  E.  Church.     New  York. 
Vol.       i,  1773-1828.     8vo.  pp.  574. 
ii,  1829-1839.     8vo.  pp.  680. 
iii,  1839-1845,     8vo.  pp.  666. 
i,  1845-1857.     8vo.  pp.  818.  n.  t.  p. 
ii,  1858-1865.     8vo.  pp.  597.  n.  t.  p. 
iii,  1866-1873.     8vo  pp.  916.  n.  t.  p. 
The  Society's  set  of  the  foregoing  is  made  up  of  copies 
once  in  the  libraries  of  Bishop  J.  O.  Andrew,  Rev.  Dr.  J. 
W.  Rush,  Rev.  Dr.   ML   S.  Andrews,  and  Rev.   Dr.  W.  M. 
Motley.     Presented  by  Dr.  Glenn  Andrews  of  Montgomery, 
Rev.   Charles  H.    Motley   of  Centreville,    Rev.   Charles  A. 
Rush,  and  the  Methodist  Publishing  House,  Nashville. 

Volumes  i  and  ii,  1773-1839,  are  the  third  edition  of 
the  Minutes.     See  note  to  preceding  title. 

The  Society  has,  also,  separates  of  Minutes  for  the  years 
1856,  1858  and  1860,  all  from  the  library  of  Bishop  An- 
drew. The  volumes  for  1856  and  1858  are  interleaved,  and 
have  a  few  annotations  by  the  Bishop. 

Arminian  Magazine.    1783  and  1784.    Vols.  6  and  7. 

Presented  by  Rev.  C.  A.  Rush,  Mobile. 
Autaugaville.      Statistics   of   the   Methodist   Church 
at  Autaugaville,  1822-1906.     Folio,  pp.  3.     Manuscript. 
Presented  by  J.  A.  Wilkinson,  Montgomery. 
Autaugaville  Circuit.     History  of  the  Autaugaville 
Circuit,  1825-1908.     By  Miss  Emma  Howard.     Folio  pp. 
22.  .  Manuscript. 

Presented  by  the  writer. 
Autographs.     See  Manuscripts. 
See  also  Candler,  Bishop  W.  A. 
Keener,  Bishop  John  C. 
McTyeire,  Bishop  H.  N. 
Pierce,   Bishop  George  F. 
Wilson,   Bishop  Alpheus  W. 

Baltimore    Southern    Methodist,    w.    1908-1909. 
Partial  file. 


28  HANDBOOK,    1910. 

Birmingham.  Highlands  Church.  Folder,  %y2*lV/\ 
in.,  of  Highlands  Church,  Birmingham,  Sunday,  March 
14,  1909.  Contains  order  of  service,  officers,  boards, 
and  historical  sketch.     4  to.  pp.  4. 

Bishops,  M.  E.  Church.    Group  of,  1844. 

Presented  by  Miss  Issie  Stephens,  Tuskegee,  Ala. 

Blocton.  Invitation  to  Home  Coming  Day  exercises, 
April  26,  1908.     12  mo.  Folder. 

Blocton.  Program  for,  etc.  April  26,  1908.  Broad- 
side. 

Presented  by  Rev.  Harry  E.  Wheeler,  Huntsville. 
Books  and  Pamphlets. 

See  Alabama  Conference,  Minutes. 

Andrew,  Family  government,  1847. 

Annual  Conference,  Minutes. 

Arminian  Magazine,  1783  and  1784. 

Caughey,  Methodism  in  earnest,  1853. 

Disciplines,  1840,  1844,  1854,  1859. 

Epworth  League,  Minutes  Alabama  Conference,  etc., 
1908  and  1909. 

de  la  Flechere,  Rev.  John  W.,  Life  of,  1820. 

Hendrix,  Creed  of  Ecumenical  Methodism. 

Harrison,  Rev.  Wm.  P.,  Theophilus  Walton,  1858. 

John  Street  Church,  N.  Y. 

M.  E.  Church,  South,  History  of  organization,  1845. 

Milburn,  Pioneers,  preachers  and  people  of  the  Miss- 
issippi  Valley,    1860. 

Montgomery   Conference,   Minutes. 

North  Alabama  Conference,  Minutes. 

Peck,   Early   Methodism   within   the  bounds  of  the 
Old  Genesee  Conference,  1860. 

Paley,   Dr.  Wm.,   Principles  of  moral   and   political 
philosophy,  1825. 

Prattville,  Church  Register,  1906. 

Preachers'  manual,  1837. 

Redford,  Methodism  in  Kentucky,  1868. 

Richardson,   Lights   and   shadows  of   itinerant  life. 

Seay,   Educational   Situation   in  the  Alabama   Con- 
ference. 

Seay,  Gist  of  the  Old  Testament,  190O. 

Shaver,  Emma  S.,  The  Master's  legacy,  1893. 

Spain,  Two  sermons  on  Catholicism,  1907. 

South  Carolina  Conference,  Historical  Society  of. 

Summers,    Rev.    Thomas    O.,    Methodist    pamphlets 
for  the  people,  1857. 

Taylor,  Wesley  and  Methodism,  1852. 

Wesley,  Sermons,  1832. 

Wesley,  Plain  account  of  Christian  perfection,  1842. 

Wightman,  Life  of  Bishop  Capers,  1858. 


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Brooks,  Rev.  Dr.  John  R.    An  earnest  appeal  touch- 
ing the  fullness  of  the  spirit.    Nashville,  n.  d.    12  mo. 
Presented'  by  Rev.  C.  H.  Motley,  Centerville. 
Callaway,  Rev.  Dr.  Morgan.     Every  seventh  soul. 
Atlanta,  1844.     8vo.  pp.  14. 

Presented  by  Rev.  C.  H.  Motley,  Centreville. 
Candler,   Bishop  Warren  A.     Letter  to  Rev.   Dr. 
W.  C.  Hearn,  dated  Washington,  D.  C,  April  6,  1900. 
4  to.  pp.  2.    Manuscript. 

Presented  by  Dr.  Hearn. 
Central  Methodist,  The.    Louisville,  Ky.    w.    Par- 
tial file. 

Central  Methodist  Advocate.  Lexington,  Ky.  w. 
1909.     Partial  file. 

Children's  Visitor,  The.  Nashville.  Weekly.  4to. 
4  volumes.  Formerly  the  Sunday  School  Visitor.  1901, 
1903,  1904,  1905. 

Presented  by  Dr.  A.  J.  Lamar,  for  the  Publishing  House, 
etc. 

See  Sunday  School  Visitor. 

Christian  Advocate.  Nashville.  Weekly.  4  to.  23 
volumes. 

1884  1892  1899  1905 

1886  1893  1900  1906 

1888  1894  1901  1907 

1889  1896  1902  1908 

1890  1897  1903  1909 

1891  1898  1904 

Presented  by  Dr.  A.  J.  Lamar,  for  the  Publishing  House. 

Church  Extension  Bulletin,  The,  Louisvilie.  Qr. 
8vo.. 

Vol.  iii,  Nos.  3,  4,  Feb.,  May,  1896. 
v,  May,  1898. 
vi,  May,  1899. 
Presented  by  Rev.  W.  H.  Wild,  Ft.  Deposit. 

Circuit  Rider,   The,   Monroeville,  Vol.   i,   nos.   1-4, 
March,  June,  Sept.,  and  Dec,   1908.     Edited  and  pub- 
lished by  Rev.  Havilen  T.  Strout.    4  to. 
Presented  by  the  editor. 

Corner  Stone,  The.  Montgomery.  Vol.  i,  nos.  1-12, 
Sept.  1895-Aug.,  1896.     4  to.     No  more  issued. 


30  HANDBOOK,    1910. 

Presented  by  Crawford  T.  Ruff,  and  Adolph  Roemer, 
Montgomery,   Ala. 

Mr.  Roemer  also  presented  a  copy  of  No.  5,  printed 
throughout  on  satin.  No.  4  presented  by  Mrs.  Henry  D. 
Moore,  Knoxville,  Tenn. 

Dale:  County.     History  of  the  Methodist  Church  in 
Dale  County,  1908.     By  J.  M.  Carmichael.     8vo.  pp.  12 
Presented  by  the  author. 
Deems,  Dr.  Charles  F.    Annals  of  Southern  Metho- 
dism, 1857.     Nashville,  1858.     12  mo.  pp.  431. 

Presented  by  Department  of  Archives  and  History. 
Discipline.       The  doctrines     and     discipline  of    the 
Methodist    Episcopal    Church.      New    York,    1840.      12 
mo.  pp.  216. 

Presented  by  Rev.  J.  F.  Daily,  Enterprise. 
Discipline.     Doctrines  and     discipline.     New     York, 
1844.     Small,  16  mo.  pp.  213. 

Presented  by  Miss  Issie  Stevens,  Tuskegee. 
Discipline.    Doctrines  and  discipline.    Nashville,  1854, 
Small,  16  mo.  pp.  267. 

Presented  by  Miss  Sallie  Walker,  Faunsdale. 
Discipline.     Doctrines     and     discipline.       Nashville, 
1859.    Small,  16  mo.  pp.  321. 

Presented  by  Miss  Stevens,  supra. 
District  Conferences.     Records  of. 
See  Greensboro,  1889-1906. 
Guntersville,  1905. 
Montgomery,  1897-1907. 
Tuscaloosa,  1882-1890. 

Epworth  Era,  The.     Nashville.     Weekly.     4to. 
Vol.    i,  July  12,  1894,  Aug.   15,  1895. 
ii,  Aug.  22,  1895,  Aug.  13,  1896. 
Presented  by  Dr.  A.  J.  Lamar,  for  the  Publishing  House. 

Epworth  League,  The  Alabama..  Journal  of  the 
Annual  Conferences  of  the  Alabama  Epworth  League, 
representing  the  Alabama  Conference  and  the  North 
Alabama  Conference,  May  10.  1892  to  June  21,  1907. 
Folio,  pp.  298.     Manuscript. 

Deposited  by  Rev.  J.  Bruce  Airey,  Ft.  Deposit,  for  the 
Conference. 

Epworth    League,    The    Alabama    Conference. 
Minutes  of  the  17th  annual  session,  Alabama  Conference 


ALA.  CONFERENCE  HISTORICAL  SOCIETY.  31 

Epworth  League,  June  2-5,  1908,  at  Selma.     8vo.  pp.  33. 
Presented  by  Rev.  J.  Bruce  Airey,  Fort  Deposit. 
Epworth  League.     Minutes  of  the  18th  annual  ses- 
sion, June  15-18,  1909,  at  Greenville.     8vo.  pp.  34. 
Presented  by  G.  A.  Grant,  Montgomery. 
Epworth  League.     Message  to  Alabama  Conference 
Epworth  Leaguers.  Dec.  30-31,  1907.     12  mo.  pp.  6. 

The  Conference  at  its  session  in  1907  was  reorganized, 
all  leagues  of  the  North  Alabama  Conference  withdraw- 
ing, and  instituting  the  North  Alabama  Conference  Ep- 
worth League.  The  leagues  of  the  Alabama  Conference 
remaining  formed  themselves  into  the  Alabama  Confer- 
ence Epworth  League.  Minutes  from  the  organization 
to  1907  have  not  been  printed. 

Eufaula.  History  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal 
Church,  South,  in  Eufaula,  Ala.  Prepared  and  delivered 
May  3,  1908,  by  Capt.  S.  H.  Dent.  8vo.  pp.  21. 
Presented  by  the  author. 
Eufaula.  Some  reminiscences  of  the  Eufaula  Meth- 
odist Church.  By  Mrs.  Mary  K.  Johnson.  From  Eufaula 
Weekly  Times  and  News,  Jan.  14,  1909. 

de  la  FlEcherE,  Rev.  John  W.  Life  of.  By  Joseph 
Benson.     New  York,  1820.     8vo.  pp.  399.     Illustrated. 

Neil  Blue's  copy,  with  autograph,  and  given  by  him  to 
"Court  Street  Methodist  Church  Library."  Presented  by 
the  Church  to  the  Society. 

Fountain,  Mrs.  Lucinda.  Sketch  of.  From  the  Up- 
worth  Bra,  Nashville.    Aug.  8,  1907.    4to. 

Presented  by  Crawford  T.  Ruff,  Montgomery,  Ala.  At 
that  date  she  was  the  oldest  Montgomery  Methodist. 

General  Conference.  Journals  |  of  the|  General 
Conference  |  of  the  |  Methodist  Episcopal  Church, 
South,  I  held  1846  and  1850.  |  Richmond:  |  Published 
by  John  Early,  |  for  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church, 
South,  I  Stereotyped  by  L.  Johnson  &  Co.,  Philadel- 
phia, I  1851.     8vo.  pp.  603. 

Presented  by  Rev.  C.  A.  Rush,  Mobile.  From  the  li- 
brary of  his  grandfather,  Bishop  Andrew. 

General  Conference.  Daily  Advocate.  St.  Louis. 
Folio.     Nos.  1-17,  May  8-27,  1890. 

General  Conference.  The  Daily  Advocate.  Balti- 
more.    Folio.    Nos.  1-16.     May  6-24,  1898. 


32  HANDBOOK,   1910. 

General  Conference.  The  Daily  Advocate.  Dallas. 
Folio.     Nos.  1-17,  May  8-27,  1902. 

General  Conference.  The  General  Conference  of 
the  Mlethodist  Episcopal  Church,  South,  .convened  in 
Nashville,  Tennessee,  on  the  first  day  of  May,  1858.  Pub- 
lished by  William  T.  Smithson,  Washington  City,  D.  C. 
Engraving :  32  in  x  42  in.  Also  Key,  giving  outline,  with 
names. 

Presented  by  Mrs.  E.  R.  Hastings,  Montgomery. 
Greensboro.     The   Greensboro     Methodist     Church. 
From  W.  E.  W.  Yerby's  History  of  Greensboro,  1908, 
Chapter  xiv,  pp.  91-95. 

Presented  by  Rev.  Henry  Trawick,  Montgomery. 
Greensboro  District  Conference.     Journal  of  the 
Greensboro    District     Conference.    4to.    Manuscript.     3 
books. 

18th-25th  sessions,  July  15,  1889,  July  4,  1895.     1  book. 

26th-31st  sessions,  June  25,  1896,  July  18,  1901.     1  book. 

32nd-36th  sessions,  July  17,  1902,  June  21,  1906.     1  book. 

Forwarded  by  Rev.  E.  A.  Dannelly,  Selma. 

Greensboro  District  Conference.  Centennial  me- 
morial, April  8,  1908.     Selma,  1908.    8vo.  pp.  32. 

Guntersville.  Early  Methodism  in  Guntersville, 
Ala.,  by  Oliver  D.  Street.     Folio.     Manuscript. 

Guntersville  District,  North  Alabama  Conference. 
Journal,  20th  sess.,  held  at  Cleveland,  July  13-15,  1905. 
8vo.  pp.  15. 

Presented  by  Thomas  M.  Owen,  Montgomery. 

Guntersville  Methodist  Church.     Year  Book  and 
Directory,  1905;  and  1906.     ///.  2  small  pamphlets. 
Presented  by  Thomas  M.  Owen,  Montgomery. 

HamER,  Rev.  Noel  R.     Methodism,  a  centennial  ser- 
mon,  preached   before   the    Selma   District    Conference, 
June  26,  1908.    Montgomery,  1908.    8vo.  pp.  28. 
Presented  by  the  author. 

Hamil,  Rev.  E.  J.,  and  Henderson,  Rev.  Samuel. 
A  discussion  of  Methodist  Episcopacy.  Charleston, 
1856.     12mo.  pp.  327. 

[Harrison,  Rev.  William  P.]  Theophilus  Walton, 
A  reply  to  Theodosia  Earnest.  By  a  member  of  the  Ala- 
bama Conference.     Nashville,  1858.     12  mo.  pp.  408. 


ALA.  CONFERENCE  HISTORICAL  SOCIETY.  33 

Hendrix,  Bishop  E.  E.     The  creed  of     Ecumenical 
Methodism.     Nashville,   1908.     8vo.  pp.  24.     Reprinted 
from  the  Methodist  Review,  April,  1907. 
Presented  by  the  author. 
HomilETic  Review,  The.     New  York.     8vo. 
Vol.  xiv,  July-Dec.,    1887.     1   vol. 
xv,  Jan.-June,   1888.     1  vol. 
Presented  by  Rev.  W.  H.  Wild,  Ft.  Deposit. 

Huntsville.  Directory,  1902,  First  M.  E.  Church, 
S.,  Huntsville,  Ala.     8vo.  pp.  24. 

Presented  by  Department  of  Archives  and  History. 
Huntsville.    Church  Tidings,  Huntsville,  Ala.,  April, 
1909.    Issued  by  First  Church,  Huntsville.    One  number 
only.     Folio,  pp.  6.  III. 

Presented  by  Rev.  S.  E.  Wasson,  Huntsville. 
John  Street  Church.  "Old  John  Street,"  First 
Methodist  Episcopal  Church  of  America  (Wesley 
Chapel),  New  York  City.  A  historical  sketch,  1766- 
1905.  By  the  pastor,  J.  Wesley  Johnston,  D.  D.,  New 
York,  1905.     8vo.  pp.  24  .  ///. 

Presented  by   Thomas  M.  Owen,   Montgomery. 
Keener,  Bishop  John  C.    Letter  to  Rev.  Dr.  W.  C. 
Hearn,  dated  New  Orleans,  La.,  Dec.  11,  1884.    4to.  p.  1. 
Manuscript. 

Presented  by  Dr.  Hearn. 
Kelly,  Rev.  Dr.   David  C.     Go  or  die.     Nashville, 
1887.     12mo.     pp.  77. 

Presented  by  Rev.  C.  H.  Motley,  Centreville. 
Lamar,  Rev.  Dr.  A.  J.  Methodist  extension  in  the 
Alabama  Conference,  with  special  reference  to  Mont- 
gomery and  Mobile.  Address,  delivered  before  the  an- 
nual meeting  of  the  Society,  Opelika,  Dec.  7,  1909.  Folio. 
Manuscript. 

Leetwich,  Rev.  Dr.  W.  M.  Martyrdom  in  Missouri, 
a  history  of  religious  proscription,  etc.,  during  the  Civil 
War.     Vol.  ii.     St.  Louis,  1870,  12mo.  pp.  445. 

Presented  by  Department  of  Archives  and  History. 
Livingston.  History  of  the  Livingston  M.  E.  Church, 
S.,  prepared  by  L.  A.  Cockrell.     Folio,     pp.  5.     Manu- 
script. 

Presented  by  the  compiler. 

3  H 


34  HANDBOOK,   1910. 

McTyeire,  Bishop  Holland  N.  Letters  to  Rev.  Dr. 
W.  C.  Hearn,  dated  each  at  Nashville,  Term.,  May  18, 
1883,  and  June  13,  1883.  4to.  p.  1  each.  2  pieces.  Man- 
uscript. 

Presented  by  Dr.  Hearn. 
Manuscripts. 

See  Alabama  Annual  Conference. 

Andalusia,  History  of  the  church  at. 

Autaugaville  church,   1822-1906. 

Autaugaville  circuit,  History  of,  1825-1908. 

Candler.  Bishop  Warren  A. 

Epworth  League,  the  Alabama. 

Greensboro  District  Conference. 

Keener,  Bishop,  John  C. 

Livingston,  History  of  the  church  at. 

McTyeire,  Bishop  Holland  N. 

Marion   Station. 

Mobile,  Sketch  of  the  Methodist  Church  in. 

Montgomery,  Court  Street  Church. 

Montgomery  District  Conference. 

North  Alabama  Conference. 

Pierce,  Bishop  George  F. 

Preachers'   Aid   Society. 

Seay,  Story  of  Mobile  Methodism. 

Tuscaloosa  District  Conference. 

Tuscaloosa  Station. 

Union   Springs  Station. 

Uniontown   Station. 

Wilson,  Bishop  A.  W. 

York  Circuit. 

Marion.  Register  of  members  and  probationers,  Ma- 
rion Station,  1859-1889.  Folio.  1  book.  Manuscript. 
Deposited  by  the  late  Rev.  Dr.  J.  M.  Mason. 
Mason,  Rev.  Dr.  J.  M.  Centennial  Address  on  Meth- 
odist history  in  Alabama.  Delivered  before  the  annual 
meeting  of  the  Alabama  Conference  Historical  Society, 
Greensboro,  Dec.  8,  1908.     Folio.    Manuscript. 

Printed   in  the  Alabama  Christian  Advocate,  Birming- 
ham, April  22,  1909. 

Methodism  in  earnest:  the  history  of  a  revival  in 
Great  Britain  in  connection  with  the  labors  of  the  Rev. 
James  Caughey.  With  introduction  by  Thomas  O.  Sum- 
mers, D.  D.,  Richmond  and  Louisville,  1853.  12  mo.  pp. 
456. 

Milburn,  Rev.  Dr.  William  Henry.     The  pioneers, 
preachers   and  people  of  the  Mississippi  Valley.     New- 
York,  1860.     12  mo.  pp.  465. 
Presented  by  Miss  Walker. 


ALA.  CONFERENCE  HISTORICAL  SOCIETY.  35 

Missionary  Society,  M.  E.  Church,  S.  Second  an- 
nual report,  1847.     8vo.  pp.  107. 

Presented  by  Rev.  Charles  A.  Rush,  Mobile.     Bishop  J. 
O.  Andrew's  copy. 

Mobile.  Photograph  of  the  "Old  Beehive,"  the  first 
Methodist  church  building  in  Mobile. 

Presented  by  Rev.  J.  B.  K.  Spain,  Troy. 
Another  copy  presented  by  Mrs.  H.  D.  Moore,  Knoxville, 
Tenn. 

Mobile.  Sketch  of  the  Methodist  Church  in  Mobile, 
by  William  Otis,  late  of  that  place.  Folio.  Manuscript. 
Presented  by  Mrs.  Moore. 
Mobile.  The  story  of  Mobile  Methodism.  By  Rev. 
Frank  Seay.  Submitted  at  the  annual  meeting  of  the 
Alabama  Conference  Historical  Society,  Greensboro, 
Dec.  8,  1908.    Folio.    Manuscript. 

Mobile..  Methodist  home  coming  day  exercises, 
From  Mobile  Register,  Nov.  4,  1907. 

Presented  by  Rev.  J.  B.  K.  Spain,  Troy. 
Mobile.    The  Methodist  Churches  of  Mobile.    Souve- 
nir program,   Mobile,   Feb.   16,   1908.     By  Rev.   Frank 
Seay.    8vo.  pp.  10. 

Presented  by  the  compiler. 
Montgomery.     Court  Street  Methodist  Church.    Offi- 
cial Directory,  1905.     12  mo.  pp.  41. 

Montgomery.  Court  Street  Church.  Program  in  cel- 
ebration of  its  entry  into  Lomax  annex,  Oct.  14,  1906. 
12  mo.    Folder,  pp.  4. 

Montgomery.    Court  Street  Church.    Quarterly  Con- 
ference Record.     Folio  and  4to.     7  books.     Manuscript. 
May  22,  1830-Sept.  4,  1847.     1  book. 
In  addition  to  proceedings  of  the  quarterly  Conference, 
it   contains   financial   statements,    June   14,    1830-May   17, 
1834;    constitution  and   proceedings,  Montgomery  Sunday 
School,  April  1832;    rules  of  the  stewards,  adopted   Feb. 
18,  1834;  and  minutes  of  the  stewards'  meetings  Feb.  18, 
April  24,  1834. 

March  13,  1848-May  24,  1873.     1  book. 
March  2,  1872.    1  book.    Duplicate  of  one  meeting  of  the 
preceding. 

Feb.  1,  1879-Nov.  18,  1882.     1  book. 

Feb.  19,  1887-Nov.  26,  1890.     1  book. 

Feb.  9,  1891-4th  quarter,  1895.     1  book. 

Jan.  13,  1903-Nov.  27,  1906.     1  book. 

Missing:     1873-1878;    1883-1886;    and  1896-1902. 


36  HANDBOOK,   1910. 

Montgomery.  Court  Street  Church.  Register.  Fo- 
lio.    3  books.     Manuscript. 

August,  1848-1861.  Contains  various  items  as  to  official 
boards,  1848  and  1849;  and  also  a  separate  list  of  proba- 
tioners, 1854-1861.     1  book. 

1873-1876.  Contains  also,  Register  baptisms,  1871-74; 
and  marriages,  1871-73.     1  book. 

Dec.  18,  1875-Dec.  2,  1893.  Contains  also,  Register  of 
baptisms,  Jan.  15,  1883-March  31,  1891;  and  marriages, 
Feb.   6,   1883-Dec.   7,   1890.     1  book. 

Montgomery.  Court  Street  Church.  Register  of 
"Colored  members  of  the  Methodist  E.  Church,  South, 
Montgomery,  Ala."  1854  et  seq.  Folio.  1  book.  Manu- 
script. 

Montgomery.  Court  Street  Church.  Record  of 
church  conferences.  Jan.  27,  1867-Aug.  27,  1882.  Fo- 
lio.    1  book.     Manuscript. 

Montgomery.  Court  Street  Church.  Minutes  of 
stewards'  meetings.     Folio.     2  books.     Manuscript. 

Jan.    25,    1869-Oct.    17,    1881.     No   record   found   earlier 
than   1869,   except  the  fragmentary  record  noted  in   the 
1830-1847  Quarterly  Conference  Record.     1  book. 
Nov.   14,  1881-Nov.  27,   1897.     1   book. 

Montgomery.     Court  Street  Church.     Stewards'  as- 
sessment book.     Oblong.     6  books.    Manuscript. 
1850-1861  1880-1881 

1867-1869  1882-1884 

1867-1879  1892-1897 

Montgomery.  Court  Street  Church.  Record  of 
church  offerings,  1880-1898.  Oblong.  1  book.  Manu- 
script. 

Montgomery.  Court  Street  Church.  Treasurer's  re- 
cord- 1880-1898.    Folio.    1  book.    Manuscript. 

Montgomery.  Court  Street  Church.  Marvin  mission- 
ary society.  Treasurer's  record,  1893.  4to.  1  book. 
Manuscript. 

Montgomery.  Court  Street  Church.  Sunday  School 
Record,  1879-1904.  4to.  18  books.  12  mo.  62  books. 
Manuscript.  ■ 

1879-1880—2  books 
1881  (with  1885-6) 
1882 

1882-1884—2  books 
1883 
1883-1884 


ALA.  CONFERENCE  HISTORICAL  SOCIETY.  37 

1885-1886    (with   1881) 

1886 

1886-1887 

1887 

1888 

1889—2  books 

1890 

1891-1900 

1900-1901 

1904 

1897 — 62  small  class  books. 

Montgomery.  Court  Street  Church  Sunday  School 
Society.  Records.  April  26,  1890-May  20,  1890.  4to. 
1  book.    Manuscript. 

Montgomery.  Court  Street  Church.  The  Hustlers. 
Class  no.  30,  1905.    4to.    1  book. 

Montgomery.  Court  Street  Church.  Home  depart- 
ment record.     1900-02.     4to.     1  book. 

Montgomery.  Court  Street  Church.  Library  record. 
1856-1860.     Folio.    1  book.     1884.    1  book. 

Montgomery.  Court  Street  Church.  The  Sunday 
School?  Devoted  to  Court  Street  Methodist  Sunday 
School.    Vol.  i,  no.  1.    April  24,  1904.     4to.  pp.  4. 

Montgomery.  Court  Street  Church.  Sketch  of  the 
Court  Street  Epworth  League,  in  Program  of  centenary 
exercises.  Nov.  15,  1908.     8vo.  pp.  4. 

Montgomery.  Court  Street  Church.  Records  of 
meetings,  Court  Street  Church  Epworth  League,  Oct.  11, 
1895-Oct.  12,  1900.    Folio.  1  book.    Manuscript. 

Montgomery.  Dexter  Avenue  Methodist  Church. 
Montgomery.     Directory,  1901.     Oblong,  pp.  20.     ///. 

Montgomery.  Dexter  Avenue  Church.  Financial 
Statements,  1902;  1903  and  1904;  1905  and  1906;  1908 
and  1909.    4  pamphlets. 

Montgomery.  Dexter  Avenue  Church.  S.  S.  Quar- 
terly Review.  1st  and  2nd  quarters,  1901.  8  vo.  2 
Pamphlets. 

Montgomery.  Dexter  Avenue  Church.  Quarterly  re- 
port, Dexter  Avenue  S.  S.,  1908.  Vol.  i,  nos.  1  and  2. 
8vo. 

Montgomery.  Dexter  Avenue  Church.  Dedication 
souvenir,  Nov.  21,  1909.     12  mo.     ///. 


38  HANDBOOK,   1910. 

Montgomery.  Dexter  Avenue  Church.  Church  Con- 
ference record.  Jan.  7,  June  17,  1903.  Manuscript.  4  to 
1  book. 

Montgomery.  Dexter  Avenue  Church.  Official  direc- 
tory.   Feb.  13,  1908.    12  mo.  pp.  16. 

Montgomery.  The  Methodist  churches  of  Montgom- 
ery. Souvenir  program,  Montgomery,  Feb.  9,  1908. 
Compiled  by  Thomas  M.  Owen.     8vo.  pp.  23. 

All   presented  by  Thomas  M.  Owen,   Montgomery. 
Montgomery      Annual      Conference.        Minutes 
1864-1868.     8vo.      5   numbers.     See    Alabama    Annual 
Conference,  supra. 

Presented  by  Rev.  Charles  H.   Motley,  Centreville. 
Montgomery  District  Conference.    Journal  of  the 
Montgomery  District  Conference.    4to.     2  books.     Man- 
uscript. 

July  22,  1897-April  18,  1901.     1  book. 
July  11,  1902-July  19,  1907.     1  book. 
Deposited  by  order  of  the  Conference. 

Montgomery  Methodist.  Vol.  i,  No.  12,  May  1892. 
Folio.     (Mutilated.) 

Presented    by   Adolph    Roemer,    Montgomery,    Ala.      No 
more  published. 

Moore,  Dr.  Henry  D.     Sketch  of.     From  the  Nash- 
ville Christian  Advocate,  April  10,  1902. 
Cabinet  photograph   of  Dr.   Moore. 
Presented  by  Mrs.  Henry  D.  Moore,  Knoxville,  Tenn. 

Neely,  Rev.  Dr.  Phillip  P.  Discourses.  First  se- 
ries.    Mobile.  1857.     12  mo.     pp.  371. 

Presented  by  the  Department  of  Archives  and  History. 

New  Orleans  Christian  Advocate  w.  1898-1899. 
Partial  file. 

North  Alabama  Annual  Conference.    Journals  of 
the  Conference.     Folio.     6  books.     Manuscript. 
Book  A,  1st  to  7th  sessions,  1870-1876. 
Book  B,  5th  to  13th  session,  1874-1882. 
Book  C,  13th  to  19th  session,  1882-1888. 
Book  D,  18th  to  20th  session,  1887-1889. 
Book  E,  21st  to  24th  session,  1890-1893. 
Book  F,  25th  to  28th  session,  1894-1897. 

North  Alabama  Annual  Conference.  Conference 
roll,  1876-1882.     1  book.    Manuscript. 


ALA.  CONFERENCE  HISTORICAL  SOCIETY.  39 

North   Alabama  Annual  Conference.       Account 
book  of  the  Joint  Board  of  Finance,  1870-1892.     1  book. 
North  Alabama  Annual  Conference.     Missionary 
Treasurer's  Record,  1887.     1  book.    Manuscript 

North  Alabama  Annual  Conference.  Statistical  ta- 
bles, North  Alabama  Conference.     4to. 
Book  1.     1886-1888. 
Book  2.     1890-1893. 
Book  3.     1894-1897. 
Book  4.     1898-1902. 

All  of  the  foregoing  manuscript  records  of  the  North 
Alabama  Conference  deposited  by  Rev.  Dr.  J.  W.  Newman, 
Secretary,  under  a  resolution  of  Conference,  adopted  at 
Decatur,  Nov.  1908. 

North  Alabama  Annual  Conference.  Journals. 
1875,  1891-1909.  8vo.  See  Alabama  Annual  Confer- 
ence, supra. 

Presented  by  Kev.  Dr.  J.  M.  Dannelly,  of  Montgomery, 
Rev.  Dr.  W.  C.  Hearn,  (deceased),  Rev.  G.  J.  Mason,  (de- 
ceased), Rev.  Dr.  J.  W.  Newman  of  Decatur,  and  Rev. 
Harry  E.  Wheeler,  now  of  Huntsville. 

OpELIKa.  First  Methodist  Church.  The  Quarterly 
Review  of  the  Methodist  Sunday  School  at  Opelika,  1st 
quarter,  1902,  vol.  viii,  no.  1;  1904;  vol.  ix,  no.  39;  1906, 
vol.  xi,  nos.   1-2.     8vo. 

Presented  by  Mrs.  Henry  D.  Moore,  Knoxville,  Tenn., 
and  Rev.  C.  H.  Motley,  Centreville. 

Opelika.  Trinity  Methodist  Church.  Large  photo- 
graph of,  1909. 

Presented  by  Rev.  Otis  V.  Calhoun,  Marianna,  Fla. 

Orphanage,  Alabama  Methodist.  Appeal  in  be- 
half of.  By  the  executive  committee,  March,  1907. 
Broadside.     Located  at  Summerfield. 

Orphanage.  Appeal  to  Sunday  Schools  in  behalf  of. 
By  Rev.  T.  H.  Jones,  financial  agent.  Sept.  26,  1908. 
Broadside.    Cut  of  building. 

Owen,  Thomas  M.  State  supported  historical  work. 
Address,  delivered  before  the  annual  meeting  of  the  So- 
ciety, Dec.  4,  1906,  at  Eufaula.     Folio.     Manuscript. 

Owen,  Thomas  M.  Notes  on  the  history  of  the 
Montgomery  District,  M.  E.  Church,  South.  Centennial 
address,  delivered  before  the  Montgomery  District  Con- 
ference, Tuskegee,  July  18,  1908.     Folio.     Manuscript. 


40  HANDBOOK,   1910. 

Also  delivered  before  the  congregation  of  Perry  Street 
Church,  Montgomery,  Sunday,  July  19,  1908;  and  at  the 
Centennial  exercises  of  the  Court  Street  Church  Epworth 
League,   Montgomery,   Nov.   15,   1908. 

Owen,  Thomas  M.  The  Methodist  Churches  of 
Montgomery.     See  Montgomery,  Court  Street  Church. 

Pacific  Methodist  Advocate.  San  Franeisto.  1908- 
1909.    w.     Partial  file. 

Paley,  William,  D.  D.  Principles  of  moral  and  po- 
litical philosophy.  11th  American  edition.  Boston,  1825. 
8vo.  pp.  462.    Illustrated. 

From  F.  M.  Gilmer  to  Court  Street  Methodist  Church 
Library,  and  contains  his  autograph.  Presented  by  the 
Church  to  the  Society. 

Peck,  Rev.  George,  D.  D.     Early  Methodism  within 
the  bounds  of  the  old  Genesee   Conference,   1788-1828. 
New  York,  1860.    12  mo.  pp.  512. 
Presented  by  Miss  Walker. 
Periodicals:    Magazines  and  Newspapers. 
See  Alabama  Christian  Advocate. 

Arminian  Magazine. 

Baltimore   Southern   Methodist. 

Central  Methodist. 

Central  Methodist  Advocate. 

Children's  Visitor. 

Church  Extension  Bulletin. 

Christian  Advocate,  Nashville. 

Circuit  Rider. 

Corner  Stone. 

Epworth  Era. 

Homiletic  Review. 

Montgomery:     Court  Street  Church,     The     Sunday 
School. 

Montgomery:     Dexter  Avenue  Church,  S.   S.  Quar- 
terly. 

Montgomery  Methodist. 

New  Orleans  Christian  Advocate. 

Opelika:     First  Church  S.  S.,  Quarterly  Review. 

Pacific  Methodist  Advocate. 

Preachers'  Magazine. 

Raleigh  Christian  Advocate. 

Review,  The  Methodist,  etc. 

Southern  Christian  Advocate. 

Sunday  School  Magazine. 

Sunday  School  Visitor. 

PEROTE.  Sketch  of  the  Methodist  Church,  Perote, 
Ala.,  1839-1908.  By  Mrs.  A.  L.  Rumph.  Montgomery, 
1908.     8vo.  pp.  9. 

Presented  by  the  author. 


ala.  conference  historical  society.       41 

Pictures. 

See  Bishops,  Group  of,  1844. 
General  Conference,  1857. 
Mobile:  the  Old  Beehive. 
Moore,  Dr.  Henry  D. 
Trinity  Church,   Opelika,  1909. 

Pierce:,  Bishop  George  F.  Letter  to  Rev.  Dr.  W.  C. 
Hearn,  dated  Sparta,  Ga.,  April  19,  1884.  4to.  p.  1. 
Manuscript. 

Presented  by  Dr.  Hearn. 
Prattviixe.    Register  of  the  Prattville  M.  E.  Church, 
S.,  Nov.  24,  1906.     12  mo.  pp.  9. 

Presented  by  Rev.  Charles  H.  Motley,  Centreville. 
Preachers'  Aid  Society.    Record  of,  Dec.  29,  1842- 
Dec.  8,  1869.     Folio.     Manuscript. 

Presented  by  Rev.  E.  M.  Turner,  Greensboro. 
Preachers'  Magazine,  The.     New  York.     8vo.  vol. 
viii,  No.  6,  June,  1898. 

Preacher's  Manual,  The.  New  York,  1837.  12  mo. 
pp.  235. 

Presented  by  Rev.  J.  T.  Daily,  Enterprise,  Ala. 
Raleigh  Christian  Advocate.     Raleigh,  N.  C.     w. 
1898-1899.     Partial  file. 

Radford,  Rev.  A.  H.  The  History  of  Methodism  in 
Kentucky.  Nashville,  1868-69.  12  mo.  Vol.  i,  pp.  479 ; 
Vol.  ii,  pp.  512.    Illustrated. 

Presented  by  Miss   Sallie  Walker,  Faunsdale. 
Review.     The   Methodist  Quarterly     Review.     New 
York.     1841.     8vo. 

Vol.  xxiii;  3rd  series,  vol.  i,  1841. 
Vol.  xxvi  ;  3rd  series,  vol.  iv,  1844. 
Presented    by    Court    Street    Methodist    Church,    Mont- 
gomery, and  the  Department  of  Archives  and  History. 

Review.  Quarterly  Review  of  the  Methodist  Episco- 
pal Church,  South.  Nashville.  8vo.  New  series.  (2nd 
series.) 

Vol.  iv,  April,  1850. 

Vol.   v,  July  and  Oct.,  1851. 

Vol.  ix,  July,  1855. 

Vol.  xi,  Jan.,  Oct.,  1857. 

Vol.  xv,  Jan.,  Oct.,  1861. 

Presented  by  Rev.  W.  H.  Wild,  Ft.  Deposit;  and  the 
Department  of  Archives  and  History. 


42  HANDBOOK,   1910. 

Review.  The  Methodist  Review.  Nashville.  Qr. 
8vo.     14  volumes.     (3rd  series.)      14  books. 

1892  1897  1904  1908 

1894  1898       1905       1909 

1895  1899       1906       

1896  1903  1907  ____ 
Presented  by  Dr.  A.  J.  Lamar,  for  the  Publishing  House, 

etc. 

Rice,  Rev.  Dr.  John  A.  The  Old-time  Circuit  Rider. 
Address  delivered  Feb.  9,  1908,  in  Court  Street  Church, 
Montgomery,  at  the  celebration  of  the  100th  anniversary 
of  the  planting  of  the  Methodist  Church  in  Alabama. 
Folio.    Manuscript. 

Printed  in  The  Alabama  Christian  Advocate,  Bir- 
mingham, Feb.  20,  1898,  and  in  The  Methodist  Review, 
Jan.  1910,  pp.  33-47. 

Richardson,  Rev.  Simon  Peter.  The  lights  and 
shadows  of  itinerant  life:  an  Autobiography.  Nashville, 
1900.     8vo.  pp.  288. 

Presented  by  his  daughter,  Mrs.  Fred  S.  Bali,  Mont- 
gomery. 

Sasnett,  Wm.  J.  Progress,  with  particular  reference 
to  the  M.  E.  Church,  South.  Nashville,  1855.  1  mo.  pp. 
350. 

Presented  by  the  Department  of  Archives  and  History. 

Seay,  Rev.  Frank.  The  gist  of  the  Old  Testament. 
Nashville,  1906.     8vo.  pp.  86. 

Seay,  Rev.  Frank.  The  educational  situation  in  Ala- 
bama Methodism.     1907.     8vo.  pp.  8. 

Both  presented  by  the  author,  now  of  Georgetown,  Tex. 

Seay,  Rev.  Frank.  The  story  of  Mobile  Methodism. 
See  Mobile. 

Seay,  Rev.  Frank.  The  Methodist  Churches  of  Mo- 
bile.   See  Mobile. 

Shaver,  Emma  S.  The  Master's  legacy.  Birming- 
ham, 1893.     8vo.  pp.  159. 

Presented  by  Court  Street  Church,  Montgomery. 

Shoafe,  Rev.  Dr.  J.  W.  Addresses,  delivered  by,  in 
St.  Francis  Street  Methodist  Church,  Mobile,  Ala.,  1895. 
8vo.  pp.  16.  One  address  is  devoted  to  "The  Historic 
Memories  of  St.  Francis  Street  Church." 

Presented  by  the  Department  of  Archives  and  History. 


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Smith,  Rev.  George  G.  Life  and  letters  of  James  O. 
Andrew,  Bishop,  M.  E.  Church,  South.  Nashville,  1883. 
12  mo.    pp.  562.    2  portraits. 

Presented  by  the  Department  of  Archives  and  History. 

South  Carolina  Conference,  Historical  Society 
of.    Constitution,  1897.    12  mo.    pp.  4. 

South  Carolina  Conference,  Historical  Society 
OF.  Morrison,  Pros.  W.  S. — Methodism  in  and  around 
Orangeburg.  Address  before  the  Historical  Society  of 
the  S.  C.  Conference,  Dec.  5,  1899.    8vo.  pp.  11. 

South  "Carolina  Conference,  Historical  Society 
OF.  Watson,  Rev.  B.  O.  A  review  of  Methodist  Edu- 
cation in  South  Carolina.  Address,  etc.,  Nov.  27,  1900. 
8vo.  pp.  21. 

South  Carolina  Conference,  Historical  Society 
of.  Beaty,  Rev.  Leroy  F.  Work  of  South  Carolina 
Methodism  among  the  slaves.  Address,  etc.,  Nov.  26, 
1901.     8vo.  pp.  24. 

South  Carolina  Conference,  Historical  Society 
of.  Stokes,  Rev.  A.  J.  The  epiphany  of  woman.  Ad- 
dress, etc.,  Dec.  2,  1902.     8vo.  pp.  15. 

South  Carolina  Conference,  Historical  Society 
of.  Weber,  Rev.  Dr.  Samuel  A.  The  Conference  of 
1859,  and  else.    Address,  etc.,  Dec.  8,  1903.    8vo.  pp.  15. 

South  Carolina  Conference,  Historical  Society 
of.  Staekhouse,  Rev.  R.  B.  Methodism  on  the  Pee  Dee. 
Address,  etc.,  Dec.  13,  1904.    8vo.  pp.  23. 

South  Carolina  Conference,  Historical  Society 
of.  Weber,  Rev.  Dr.  Samuel  A.  The  auld  lang  syne  of 
the  South  Carolina  Conference.  Address,  etc.,  Dec.  12, 
1905.    8vo.  pp.  13. 

South  Carolina  Conference,  Historical  Society 
of.    Duncan,  Rev.  Watson  B.,  Ph.  D.    The  leadership  of 
Methodism.     Address,  etc.,  Nov.  27,  1906.     8vo.  pp.  19. 
All  presented  by  Rev.  B.  H.  Brown,  president  of  the  So- 
ciety, Allendale,    S.  C. 

Southern  Christian  Advocate,  Spartanburg,  S.  C. 
Jan.  4,  1906-Dec  30,  1909.    vol.  69,  No.  28,  et  seq. 

Spain,  Rev.  J.  B.  K.  Two  sermons  on  Catholicism. 
In  reply  to  the  Paulist  Fathers.     [Delivered  in  Govern- 


44  HANDBOOK,    1910. 

ment  Street  Church,  Mobile,  March  3  and  10,  1907.)  8vo. 
pp.27. 

Presented  by  the  author. 
Sparks,  Rev.  Giles  P.  Announcement  of  funeral  of 
Rev.  Giles  P.  Sparks,  pastor  M.  E.  Church,  at  Tusca- 
loosa, Sept.  27,  1848.     Broadside. 

Sturdivant,  Rev.  J.  F.  A  plain  discussion  of  bap- 
tism.    Nashville,  1903.     12  mo.  pp.  62. 

Presented'  by  Rev.  C.  H.  Motley,  Centreville. 
Summers,  Rev.  Dr.  Thomas  O.,  editor.     Methodist 
pamphlets  for  the  people.     Vol.  3.     Nashville,  1857.     12 
mo.     Each  pamphlet  paged  separately. 

Presented  by  Department  of  Archives  and  History. 
Summers,  Rev.  Dr.  Thomas  O.    Stories    of     school 
boys.     Revised  by.     Nashville,  1884.     16  mo.  pp.  122. 
Illustrated. 

A  reprint  of  one  of  the  issues  of  the  "London  Religious 
Tract   Society."     Presented  by  Court  Street  Church. 

Sunday  School  Magazine.  Nashville.  Monthly. 
8vo.     7  volumes. 

1881  1886  1897  1905 

1885  1890  1899  

Presented  by  Dr.  A.  J.  Lamar,  for  the  Publishing  House. 

Sunday  School  Society.  M.  E.  Church,  S.  An- 
nual report,  for  the  year  1859.  Nashville,  1859.  8vo. 
pp.  32. 

Presented  by  Rev.  W.  H.  Wild. 
Sunday    School   Visitor.      Nashville.     Weekly.     8 
volumes.     Now  The  Children's  Visitor. 

1851  1886  1889  1892 

1885  1887  1891  1893 

Presented  by  Dr.  A.  J.  Lamar,  for  the  Publishing  House. 

Taylor,  Isaac    Wesley  and  Methodism.    New  York, 
1852.     12  mo.    pp.  328.    Port,  of  John  Wesley. 
Presented  by  Miss  Walker. 
Thomas,  Judge  William  H.     Some  educational  his- 
tory of  Alabama  Methodism.     Address  before  centenary 
celebration,    Methodist    Church,    Wetumpka,    April    30, 
1908.     Montgomery,  1908.     8vo.  pp.  14. 
Presented  by  the  author. 

Same  address  delivered  previously,  Dec.  3,  1907,  before 
the   Alabama   Conference  Historical    Society,   Enterprise; 


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and  later,   June  2,   1908,  before  the  Alabama  Conference 
Epworth  League,   Selma. 

Trawick,  Rev.  Henry.  Sermon,  preached  July  9, 
1893,  in  the  Methodist  Church,  Marianna,  Fla.  From 
The  Times-Courier,  Marianna,  Fla.,  July  13,  1893.  First 
sermon  in  new  church  building. 

Presented  by  Mrs.  J.  M.  Deese,  Columbia. 
Trawick,  Rev.  Henry.    The  dynamics  of  a  building. 
Address  delivered  on  occasion  of  annual  meeting  of  Board 
of  Church  Extension,  M.  E.  Church,  South,  St.  Joseph, 
Mo.,  May  7,  1908.    12  mo.  pp.  (15). 
Presented  by  the  author. 
Tuscaloosa.     Records  of  the     Methodist     Episcopal 
Church.      Tuscaloosa.      1831    [-1866.]      Folio,    1    book. 
Manuscript. 

CONTENTS: 
Members  1831-1842   (Contains  consolidation  of  all  from 
beginning  up  to  1842.) 

Members,   1831-1849.      (Consolidated   in   an   alphabetical 
register,   1845.) 

Register  of  marriages,  1862-1866.     Register  of  baptisms, 
1844-1865. 

"Register  of  the  Colored  members,"  1831-1835. 
Register  of  members,  April  9,   1849-1852. 
Record  of  the  "Tuscaloosa  Tract  Society."     1831-32. 
Lists  of  Sunday  School  Classes,  n.  d. 

Tuscaloosa.  Church  register  of  Tuscaloosa  Station, 
M.  E.  Church,  South.  1852-1879.  Folio.  Manuscript. 
1  book. 

Tuscaloosa.  Church  register.  Made  October,  1890. 
J.  C.  Perkins,  Church  Secretary.  J.  W.  Newman,  P. 
C.  Folio.    Manuscript.     1  book. 

Contains     register     of     pastors,     1818-1909;     members; 
deaths  and  disposals;   baptisms;  and  marriages. 

Tuscaloosa.  Quarterly  Conference  Record.  4to.  5 
books.     Manuscript. 

Jan.   1874-Nov.   2,  1877.     1  book. 
Nov.  15,  1882-Oct.  1,  1884.     1  book. 
Dec.  22,  1884-Nov.  9,  1888.     1  book. 
Feb.   26,  1889-Nov.  10,  1892.     1  book. 
Feb.  20,  1893-Nov.  22,  1894.     1  book. 

Tuscaloosa.  Librarian's  book,  and  account  with 
teachers,  Methodist  Church,  South,  Tuscaloosa  Station, 
Feb.  26,  1871.     Manuscript.     Folio.     1  book. 


46  HANDBOOK,   1910. 

Tuscaloosa.  Letter  from  William  Hawn,  dated  Tus- 
caloosa, Dec.  29,  1846,  withdrawing  from  the  Tusca- 
loosa Methodist  Church.    4to.     1  sheet.    Manuscript. 

Tuscaloosa.  Letter  from  Rev.  T.  F.  Curtis,  dated 
Tuscaloosa,  July  13,  1847,  to  Rev.  Giles  P.  Sparks,  dis- 
missing Mrs.  Purcell  (from  the  Baptist  Church)  to  unite 
with  the  Methodist  Church.    4to.    1  sheet.      Manuscript. 

Tuscaloosa.  Certificate,  dated  Oct.  15,  1847,  setting 
forth  that  Leonard  L.  Winn  is  a  member  in  good  stand- 
ing of  the  Gainesville  Circuit,  N.  Ga.  Conference.  Small 
form  certificate.     1  sheet.    Manuscript. 

Tuscaloosa  District  Conference.  Journal  of  the 
Tuscaloosa  District  Conference,  July  28,  1882-July  31, 
1890  [24th  session.]  4to.    Manuscript. 

Forwarded  by  Rev.  George  L.  Jenkins,  Talladega. 

Union   Springs.     Historical  church   register,   Union 
Springs  Station.     1874-1888.     4to.  Manuscript.     1  book. 
Contains  register  of  meetings  of  annual  conference,  offi- 
cial members,  baptisms,  marriages,  deaths,  and  of  church 
members. 

Union  Springs.     Quarterly  Conference  record.     Feb. 
14,  1880-Dec.  2,  1882.     4to.     1  book.    Manuscript. 
Feb.  14,  1880-Dec.  2,  1882.     1  book. 
March  16,  1895-Aug.  8,  1898.     1  book. 

Union  Springs.  Treasurer's  book.  1897-1902.  4  to. 
1  book.    Manuscript. 

Union  Springs.     Sunday  School  record.     1882,  1884, 
1887,   1889,   1890,   1893,   1898,   1900,   1901,   1902,   1903, 
1904  1905,  1906,  1907.    4to.    15  books.    Manuscript. 
All  deposited  by  order  of  local  Church  conference. 

Union  Springs.  Quarterly  report  of  the  Methodist 
Sunday  School,  1st  qr.,  1907.     8vo.     pp.  4. 

Union  Springs     The  Methodist  Church     of     Union 
Springs,   Alabama.      Sovenir   Program,   Union   Springs, 
June  21,  1908.    By  Rev.  E.  L.  Crawford.     8vo.  pp.  11. 
Presented  by  the  compiler. 

Union  Springs.  Early  events  in  history  of.  By  Mrs. 
A.  L.  Rumph.  From  Union  Springs  Herald,  July  15, 
1908. 

Presented  by  Mrs.  Rumph,  Perote,  Ala. 


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Uniontown.  Minutes  of  the  Quarterly  Conferences 
of  the  Woodville  Station  (now  Uniontown),  Feb.  26, 
1853-April  9,  1871.    4to.     Manuscript.     1  book. 

Wesley,  John.     A  plain  account  of  Christian  per- 
fection.   New  York,  1842.    12  mo.  pp.  175.    Port. 
Presented  by  Miss  Issie  Stevens,  Tuskegee,  Ala. 
Wesley,  Rev.  John,  M.  A.     Sermons  on  several  oc- 
casions.   New  York,  1832.    8vo.  Vol.  i,  pp.  534;  Vol.  ii, 
pp.  558. 

Presented  by  Miss  Sallie  Walker,  Faunsdale. 
Wightman,  Dr.  William  M.     Life  of  William  Ca- 
pers, D.D.,  one  of  the  Bishops  of  the  M.  E.  Church, 
South,    including  an     autobiography.     Nashville,     1858. 
12  mo.  pp.  516.    Port. 

Presented  by  Miss  Walker. 
Wilson,  Bishop  Alpheus  W.    Letter  to  Rev.  Dr.  W. 
C.  Hearn,  dated  Nashville,  Tenn.,  May  23,  1885.     4to. 
p.  1.    Manuscript. 

Presented  by  Dr.  Hearn. 
Woman's  Home    Mission  Society,    M.  E.    Church 
South.     Record  of.     Organized,   1886.     12  mo.  pp.  48. 
Illustrated. 

Wright,  Rev.  E.  A.    The  pearl  of  Psalms.    Birming- 
ham, 1907.    A  sermon.    16  mo.  pp.  20. 
Presented  by  the  author. 
York.     Quarterly  Conference  Record  of  York  Circuit, 
Jan.  21,  1905-Nov.  6,  1908.     4to.     1  book.     Manuscript- 
Forwarded  by  Rev.  L.  B.  Green,  Newton. 


INDEX. 


Accessions  to  Society,  24. 
Alabama  Annual  Conference,  24. 
Amendments,  8. 
Autaugaville   Circuit,   27. 

Bibliography,   15,  24. 
Birmingham    Highlands    Church, 

28. 
Blocton  Methodist  Church,  28. 
Books  and  Pamphlets,  28. 

Centenary  of  Alabama   Metho- 
dism, 12. 

Addresses,   16. 

Committee,  12. 

Work  of,    12-17. 
Church  Extension  Board,  Ala.,  25. 
Circulars,    16. 
Collections,   10. 

Listed,  24. 

Scope  of,  10. 
Committees,  5,  7. 

Reports,  16. 
Conference,  Annual,  25. 

General,  31. 
Constitution,  7. 

Dale   County   Methodist  Church- 
es, 30. 
Disciplines,  30. 
District  Conferences,  30. 
Donations  to  Society,  24. 
Dues,  8. 

Epworth  League,  30. 
Eufaula   Methodist  Church,   31. 
Executive  Committee  Reports, 
16. 

Gifts  to  Society,  24. 
Greensboro  District  Conf.,  32. 
Greensboro  Methodist  Church,  32. 
Guntersville  Dist.  Conf.,  32. 


(48) 


Historic  Sites,  13. 
Huntsville  Meth.   Church,  33. 

Livingston  Meth.  Church,  33. 

Marion  Station,  34. 
Manuscripts,  34. 
Marking   Historic   Sites,    13. 
Meetings,  8,  9,  11. 
Members,  7. 

Roll   of,   19. 
Mobile  Annual  Conference,  24. 
Mobile  Meth.   Churches,  35,  42. 
Montgomery  Annual  Conf.,  24,  38. 
Montgomery   Dist.    Conf.,   38. 
Montgomery  Meth.  Churches,  35. 
Monuments,  13. 

North  Alabama  Conference,  38. 

Objects,  7,   10. 
Officers,  5,  7,  17. 
Organization,   9. 

Periodicals:     Magazines  and 

Newspapers,  40. 
Perote  Methodist  Church,  40. 
Pictures,  41. 

Prattville  Meth.  Church,  41. 
Preachers'  Aid  Society,  41. 
Publications,  8,  15,  24. 

Relics  wanted,   10. 

Sketch   of   Society,  9. 

S.  C.  Conf.  Hist.   Society,  43. 

Tuscaloosa   Dist.   Conf.   46. 
Tuscaloosa   Station,   45. 

Union   Springs  Station,  46. 

York  Circuit,  47. 


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